Rabfak (from Russian: рабфак, a syllabic abbreviation of Pабочий факультет, Rabochiy fakultet, "workers' faculty") was a type of educational institution in the Soviet Union[1] which prepared Soviet workers to enter institutions of higher education.

A photograph of a rabfak.

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  1. ^ Berthold Unfried, "Ich bekenne": Katholische Beichte und sowjetische Selbstkritik Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Historische Sozialwissenschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag GmbH (2006), p. 308. ISBN 3-593-37869-8 Retrieved December 6, 2011 (in German)

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