No. 8,768 in Russian
пограничники
Border guards.
In a sentence
Пограничники остановили нас на границе для проверки документов.
The border guards stopped us at the border to check our documents.
In this sentence, 'пограничники' refers to border guards as personnel responsible for securing a country's borders.
Важной задачей пограничников является предотвращение незаконного пересечения границы.
An important task of border guards is preventing illegal border crossings.
Here, 'пограничников' is used in the genitive case to describe the group of people performing the task.
Они работают как пограничники уже много лет и знают все особенности своей работы.
They have been working as border guards for many years and know all the aspects of their job.
In this instance, 'пограничники' emphasizes the profession or job title of the people involved.
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