
1) Patronage 2) Soviet phraseology
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The nomenklatura (номенклату́ра, nəmʲɪnklɐˈturə, nomenclatura) were a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries who held various key administrative positions in all spheres of those countries` activity: government, industry, agriculture, education, etc., whose positions were granted only with a....
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The CPSU's system of appointing key personnel in the government and other important organizations, based on lists of critical positions and people in political favor. Also refers to the individuals included on these lists.
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(from the article `Poland`) ...The party`s Political Bureau, or Politburo, operated as the central administration, and the party ensured its control over all offices and ... ...proportion of most Soviet citizens` real income consisted of benefits directly allocated by the state. Secret laws and regulations provided for ... ...Once co...
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n] - the system of patronage in Communist countries
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The CPSU's (q.v.) system of appointing key personnel in the government and other important organizations, based on lists of critical positions and people in political favor. Also refers to the individuals included on these lists.
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noun the system of patronage in Communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party
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a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, esp. from a Communist Party.
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From the Latin nomenclature . This Russian word denotes an enumeration of important positions and the candidates who are examined, recommended, and assigned to fill them by communist party committees at various levels.
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