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- noun Plural form of
commissar .
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Examples
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This would mean more power for the generals, and the Party men have not forgotten that in 1942 when the whole fate of Russia was in the hands of the generals, and with their backs to the wall of Stalingrad, the generals were able to force the removal of the hated political commissars from the Army.
After StalinWhat? 1953
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Marshal Zhukov, the legendary commander of WWII fame, began acquiring extraordinary powers at home and abroad, and demanded the removal of all political commissars from the Army’s units — to shake off the leash remaining.
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It is the province not of ideologues (whether in the pay of the state and called commissars, or tax subsidized through the university system and called intellectuals) but of show folk trying to make a living.
Notable 2010
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It is the province not of ideologues (whether in the pay of the state and called commissars, or tax subsidized through the university system and called intellectuals) but of show folk trying to make a living.
flux-rad.com 2010
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Perhaps he is propelled by venom rather than intelligence--his endless spewing about "commissars," "neo-Maoist tribunals" and the like, might reasonably lead one to that conclusion.
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Perhaps he is propelled by venom rather than intelligence--his endless spewing about "commissars," "neo-Maoist tribunals" and the like, might reasonably lead one to that conclusion.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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His "commissars" responded by charging that UN Secretary
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The central government sent north certain armed Red Guards, and agents of government called "commissars," who were to organize and control additions to the
The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Harry H. Mead
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None of the "commissars" and "imperialists" in his tableau of cultural dictatorship are named, and that is for the simple reason they are imaginary creatures.
NYT > Home Page By A. O. SCOTT 2011
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None of the "commissars" and "imperialists" in his tableau of cultural dictatorship are named, and that is for the simple reason they are imaginary creatures.
NYT > Home Page By A. O. SCOTT 2011
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