A lishenets (Russian: лишенец, IPA: [lʲɪˈʂenʲɪt͡s]), lit. лишение deprivation + -ец -ee; "disenfranchised"; plural lishentsy, ‹See Tfd›Russian: лишенцы) was a disenfranchised person in Soviet Russia from 1918 to 1936.