"ежовщина" meaning in Russian

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  "etymology_text": "Ежо́в (Ježóv) + -щина (-ščina). The term came from the surname of the People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the USSR Nikolay Yezhov.",
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      "form": "ежо́вщины",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ежо́вщине",
      "roman": "ježóvščine",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "ježóvščinu",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ежо́вщиной",
      "roman": "ježóvščinoj",
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    },
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        "singular"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ru",
          "name": "Russian politics",
          "orig": "ru:Russian politics",
          "parents": [
            "Politics",
            "Russia",
            "Society",
            "Asia",
            "Europe",
            "All topics",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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            "Eurasia",
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        "Yezhovshchina, or Yezhov Era; Great Purge"
      ],
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          "Yezhovshchina",
          "Yezhovshchina"
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          "Yezhov Era"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[(j)ɪˈʐofɕːɪnə]"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "ежо́вщины",
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      "form": "accent-a",
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    {
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