Meaning of zindan | Babel Free

Definitions

an improvised prison cell consisting of a hole in the ground covered with a metal grille or grate.

Russia

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“They should have brought a few journalists into the mountains or to us in Argun when Lisitsyn shot the soldier on the rack—that would be a hoot. Then they would know what real torture is. But with them it’s all zindan this and zindan that. I think they just like the word.”

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