Citizen - a person belonging to the permanent population of a given state, enjoying its protection and endowed with a combination of political and other rights and obligations. [one]
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Also a form of oral and written appeal to a person in Soviet and post-Soviet society.
Content
Russia
“A citizen is personally responsible for the security of the state and is ready to sacrifice his life for him. Unlike a non-citizen . ”
~ John Rico
In the Russian Empire
In the Russian Empire, the word “citizen” officially meant “ urban inhabitant ”, that is, a resident of the city , a city dweller (the very word “citizen” came from the last word) [2] . The word was also used in the modern sense; the introduction of this value is attributed to Radishchev . It is also possible to derive from the word frontier, that is, a person belonged to a particular territory ... Conversion has become common after the February Revolution of 1917 .
In the USSR
The main official form of oral and written appeal to the USSR was the word " comrade ." The appeals of sir / madam, lord / mistress were canceled by the Soviet government and were considered antisocial or outdated. The word “citizen” along with the word “ comrade ” was also used in the USSR , with derivatives “citizens” , “citizen” , “citizen” . The reference “citizen” - unlike “comrade” - was used in cases where it was necessary to emphasize the legal or official distance between people (this should be addressed to each other by an official and a petitioner , a conductor and a passenger , an investigator and a person under investigation, a judge and the accused , the prisoner and the guard, and so on), or when it is required to awaken civic feelings, such as calling for the observance of public order, the right of way in the public transport, safety rules in the case of emergency declared th radio.
In the Russian Federation
In the Russian Federation, the term “citizen” is used to designate subjects of civil law and obligations ( Civil Rights ) or belonging to the citizenship of the Russian Federation.
See also
- State
- Comrade
- Citizenship is a stable political and legal relationship between a person and the state, expressed in their mutual rights and obligations.
- Citizenship is a stable political and legal relationship between a person and a monarch , expressed in their mutual rights and obligations.
Notes
- ↑ S. Ozhegov. Dictionary of the Russian language: Ok. 57,000 words / / Ed. Corr. USSR Academy of Sciences N. Yu. Shvedova. -. - 18th ed., Stereotype .. - M .: Rus. lang., 1986. - S. 122. - 797 p.
- ↑ The article "citizen" in the Etymological Dictionary of the Russian language of Fasmer.