In the Soviet Union, the rights of an inmate released from the Gulag would typically still be restricted for a long period of time. Instead of regular documents, inmates would receive a temporary substitute, a "wolf ticket" (Russian: волчий билет, volchiy bilet), confining them to internal exile without the right to settle closer than 100 km from large urban centers. This has resulted in many residential communities established at 101 km away from city borders. Gulag ( , Russian: ) is an acronym for Главное Управление Исправительно—Трудовых Лагерей и колоний, Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh Lagerey i kolonii, The Chief Directorate [or Administration] of Corrective Labour Camps and Colonies of the NKVD. Anne Applebaum, in her book Gulag: A History, explains: // Literally, the word GULAG is an acronym, meaning Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei, or Main Camp... For other uses, see Wolf ticket (disambiguation). ... An urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... km redirects here. ...

There are many such settlements throughout the former Soviet Union. Some were renamed, while others are still known as "Сто пе́рвый киломе́тр", "Sto pervyi kilometr" (The one hundred and first kilometre). Distance based names were often given as the regular name of a minor train station in rural areas at places without a settlement, but which were a destination for a considerable number of passengers. Common cases were "dacha" areas and locations of secret plants. Names such as "17th km", "45th km" were fairly common. Dacha of Boris Pasternak in Peredelkino. ...

This limit was introduced in 1933 during the "passportisation" of the population, during which people without acceptable occupation were banned from Moscow, Leningrad and other significant cities of special regimen ("режимный город"). 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Propiska (Russian: пропи́ска; the full term is Прописка по месту жительства, The record of place of residence) was a regulation in the Soviet Union designed to control internal population movement by binding a person to his or her permanent place of residence. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and...

Sometimes the 101st km communities were used by the state as a "soft" exile. For example, in the summer of 1980, before the Moscow Olympic Games, thousands suspected of belonging to the risk groups, among them dissidents, homeless, criminals, prostitutes, etc, were forced by the KGB out of the capital city during the international event. In some cases they were arrested, while in others this was a condition to avoid arrest. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Badge, released in the USSR The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow in the Soviet Union. ... A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively opposes an established opinion, policy, or structure. ... A homeless man pushes a cart down the street. ... Criminal redirects here for other uses of crime and criminal, see crime (disambiguation). ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of КГБ) is the Russian-language abbreviation for Committee for State Security, (Russian: ; Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). ...

"To send someone to the 101st kilometre" has become a common phrase of threat with respect to the perceived offenders. And this threat was easy to implement, because this could be done "by administrative means", i.e., extrajudicially. By administrative means (В административном порядке, V administrativnom poryadke) was an expression in use in the Soviet Union applied to the cases when some actions that normally required a...

See also

• Propiska