
1) Party promoter 2) Political organization 3) Political power structure 4) Power structure 5) Russian political machine
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[musician] == Career == He collaborated with Ellen Allien in 2003 on the album Berlinette, and again in 2006 on the album Orchestra of Bubbles. In 2004, he appeared at a John Peel session. The tracks from this session were rerecorded and reworked in the studio and released as Silizium EP in 2005, as a tribute. In 2007, he formed his own ban...
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Soviet or party office with administrative responsibilities; often used perjoratively to refer to the Soviet bureaucracy.
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(from the article `Czechoslovak region, history of`) Although Alexander Dubek subsequently became the chief reformer, he was not particularly qualified for this role. He was a young Slovak who made his ...
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an organization or existing power structure, esp. a political one: a position of leadership within the party apparat; The chess apparat is not eager to change tournament rules.
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