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Apparatchik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apparatchik (Russian: аппара́тчик, plural apparatchiki ) is a Russian colloquial term for a full-time, professional functionary of the Communist Party or government; i.e., an agent of th...
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Like other terms deriving from the USSR such as nomenklatura (list of important positions to be filled by people from the party), apparatchik is always used pejoratively. It suggests a bureaucrat who willingly follows and implements the party line, either in a spirit of blind obedience or one of cynical ambition.
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Apparatchik - Definition of Apparatchik at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Apparatchik. Look it up now! ... Use apparatchik in a Sentence...
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But you have to understand what Bybee is: he’s someone who made a career as a movement conservative apparatchik. In his world, following orders and getting rewarded for his obedience was what it was all about; he’s completely shocked to find that the rules have changed.
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An MEP's withering attack on Gordon Brown in which he likens him to a "Brezhnev era apparatchik" has become a surprise hit on the internet. ... Daniel Hannan, the Conservative MEP for South East England, publicly lambasted the Prime Minister over his economic record after he addressed the ... With Mr Brown looking on,
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about apparatchik. apparatchik. Information about apparatchik in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... So when, in 1966, Reed was approached by a friendly Russian apparatchik offering a truly socialist variant of fame, he boarded a plane for the Soviet Union as an Officially Approved Rock Star-
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Clearly falls into the category of "too dumb to know how dumb they look" -- to readers. What is probably true, this story was designed to be consumed by the apparatchik. Same thing the Soviets did, write stories to be read only by themselves.
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