1) Functionary 2) High-up apparatchik 3) Official 4) Political commissar 5) Russian minister, before 1946
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A political agent of the Communist Party. Commissars were posted to military units or workplaces to monitor conduct, attitudes and productivity, reporting on these to the CCP.
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A Russian communist term that can refer to either a high-ranking minister in the Soviet government, or an individual who is assigned to monitor or oversee a group or agency on behalf of the Communist Party.
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Commissar (sometimes Kommissar) is an English transliteration of the комисса́р, which means commissary. In English, the transliteration `commissar` is used to refer specifically to Communist political officers, while administrative officers are translated to `commissary`. In English, `Commissar` also refers to similar Communist offi...
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A Commissar is an administrative official in Russia. There are various ranks, the highest being in charge of a State department and corresponding to a British cabinet minister.
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n] - an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
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commissar 1. A former Soviet department head: in the former Soviet Union, the chief minister in a government department. 2. Communist Party official: in the former Soviet Union, a Communist Party official, often attached to a military unit, responsible for providing political education.
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political commissar noun an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
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the head of any of the major governmental divisions of the U.S.S.R.: called minister since 1946. · an official in any communist government whose duties include political indoctrination, detection of political deviation, etc.
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