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  2. Russian citizenship law - Wikipedia

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    The distinction between the meaning of the terms citizenship and nationality is not always clear in the English language and differs by country. Generally, nationality refers a person's legal belonging to a country and is the common term used in international treaties when referring to members of a state; citizenship refers to the set of rights and duties a person has in that country.

  3. Russian passport - Wikipedia

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    The Russian passport (Russian: Заграничный паспорт гражданина Российской Федерации, romanized: Zagranichnyy pasport grazhdanina Rossiyskoy Federatsii, lit. 'Transborder passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation') is a booklet issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Russian citizens for ...

  4. Naturalization - Wikipedia

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    Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth. [1] The definition of naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations excludes citizenship that is automatically acquired (e.g. at birth) or is acquired by declaration.

  5. Jus soli - Wikipedia

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    Jus soli (English: / dʒ ʌ s ˈ s oʊ l aɪ / juss SOH-ly [1] or / j uː s ˈ s oʊ l i / yooss SOH-lee, [2] Latin: [juːs ˈsɔliː]), meaning 'right of soil', is the right of anyone born in the territory of a state to nationality or citizenship, also commonly referred to as birthright citizenship in some Anglophone countries, is a rule defining a person's nationality based on their birth in ...

  6. Jus sanguinis - Wikipedia

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    e. Jus sanguinis (English: / dʒʌs ˈsæŋɡwɪnɪs / juss SANG-gwin-iss[1] or / juːs -/ yooss -⁠, [2] Latin: [juːs ˈsaŋɡwɪnɪs]), meaning 'right of blood', is a principle of nationality law by which nationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one or both parents. [3][4] Children at birth may be nationals of a ...

  7. Internal passport of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The Internal Russian passport [c] is a mandatory identity document for all Russian citizens residing in Russia who are aged 14 or over. The Internal Russian passport is an internal passport used for travel and identification purposes in Russia, which is distinct from the International Russian passport used by Russian citizens to travel in and out of Russian borders.

  8. Eastern Slavic naming customs - Wikipedia

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    Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's family name, given name, and patronymic name in East Slavic cultures in Russia and some countries formerly part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. They are used commonly in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and to a lesser ...

  9. Soviet nationality law - Wikipedia

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    Soviet nationality law. Soviet nationality and citizenship law controlled who was considered a citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and by extension, each of the Republics of the Soviet Union, during that country's existence. The nationality laws were only in rough form from about 1917 to 1923, taking more definite form in 1924.