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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soviet-Passport-History-Internal-Russian/dp/150954318X https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soviet-Passport-History-Internal-Ru... I haven't read

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soviet-Passport-History-Internal-Russian/dp/150954318X https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soviet-Passport-History-Internal-Ru... I haven't read it yet, but what you are saying made me think of this. I don't think the travel restrictions within the soviet union are that well known.

FooBarBizBazz 4y ago
Also makes me think of the still-existent Hukou system. I've read even international passports date only to WW1.
- red-iron-pine 4y ago
  Hukou is just for state benefits -- and that certainly has implications. But there is nothing stopping you from getting on a train to visit your aunt who lives 4 hours away.