transliteration commissar often refers specifically to the political commissars of Soviet and Eastern-bloc armies or to the people's commissars (effectively...
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In the military, a political commissar or political officer (or politruk, a portmanteau word from ‹See Tfd›Russian: политический руководитель, romanized: politicheskiy...
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The Commissar Order (‹See Tfd›German: Kommissarbefehl) was an order issued by the German High Command (OKW) on 6 June 1941 before Operation Barbarossa...
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The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia is a 1997 book by David King about the censoring of photographs and...
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NKVD (redirect from People's Commissar of Internal Affairs)
into NKVD (People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs) under a People's Commissar. However, the NKVD apparatus was overwhelmed by duties inherited from...
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Commissar (‹See Tfd›Russian: Комиссар, translit. Komissar) is a 1967 Soviet film directed by Aleksandr Askoldov based on one of Vasily Grossman's first...
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Nikolai Yezhov (redirect from The Vanishing Commissar)
head of the department. From 1929 to 1930, he was the Deputy People's Commissar for Agriculture. In November 1930, he was appointed to the Head of several...
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Minister of Defence (Soviet Union) (redirect from Peoples Commissar of Defense)
Chief of the General Staff (Russia) Cheget The committee of the People's Commissars for Military and Naval Affairs consisted of Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko...
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Warhammer 40,000 (redirect from Commissar Yarrick)
Warhammer 40,000 (sometimes colloquially called Warhammer 40K, WH40K or 40k) is a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop. It is the most popular...
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The 26 Baku Commissars were Bolshevik and Left Socialist Revolutionary (SR) members of the Baku Commune. The commune was established in the city of Baku...
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The Yogi and the Commissar (1945) is a collection of essays of Arthur Koestler, divided in three parts: Meanderings, Exhortations and Explorations. In...
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Peter and the Commissar is a 1964 musical comedy album by Allan Sherman, recorded live with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra and five...
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Gossnab (redirect from Commissar for food)
State Supplies of the USSR, known as the Gossnab of USSR (‹See Tfd›Russian: Госснаб СССР) was active from 1948 to 1953, and 1965 to 1991. Its full name...
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The Council of People's Commissars (CPC) (‹See Tfd›Russian: Совет народных комиссаров (СНК), romanized: Sovet narodnykh kommissarov (SNK)), commonly known...
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The Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was the government of Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1946. It was...
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People's Commissariat for Nationalities (redirect from Commissar of Nationalities)
Joseph Stalin, as the People's Commissar of Nationalities (1917–23), served as a member of the Council of People's Commissars. It was established even before...
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Vasily Yakovlev (redirect from Commissar Yakovlev)
Vasily Vasilyevich Yakovlev (‹See Tfd›Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Я́ковлев; 29 August [O.S. 17 August] 1885 – 16 September 1938) was a Russian Old Bolshevik...
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Gaunt's Ghosts (redirect from Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt)
Sabbat Worlds Crusade. The protagonist is Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, one of the few political commissars of the Imperium to be officially awarded command...
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Poets and Madmen (redirect from Commissar (song))
of "The Rumor," and the first part of the main solo and the outro of "Commissar". The United States bonus track "Shotgun Innocence" was originally a bonus...
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People's Commissars of the Soviet Union was the head of government of the Soviet Union during the existence of the Council of People's Commissars of the...
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List of Warhammer 40,000 novels (redirect from Commissar Ciaphas Cain)
Richard Williams (August 2011) Iron Guard by Mark Clapham (July 2012) Commissar by Andy Hoare (January 2013) Baneblade by Guy Haley (April 2013) Straken...
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Ministry of Armaments (Soviet Union) (redirect from People's Commissar for Armament)
The Ministry of Armament (‹See Tfd›Russian: Министерство вооружения СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union. Before 1946 it was known as the...
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Leon Trotsky (category People's commissars and ministers of the Soviet Union)
Government. In Lenin's first government, Trotsky was appointed as the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs (Foreign Minister) and led negotiations for the Treaty...
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Council of People's Commissars. Before 1946, the title of the office was People's Commissar for Defense, and briefly People's Commissar for the Armed Forces...
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Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom), on 22 September 1935. On 20 November, the rank was conferred on five people: People's Commissar of Defence and...
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People's Commissariat (redirect from People's commissar)
a People's Commissar (‹See Tfd›Russian: народный комиссар; Narkom), which is part of the government – the Council of People's Commissars of the appropriate...
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Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy is the political head of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The commissar is in charge...
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reorganization. The first people's commissar for Narkomvod was Nikolay Mikhaylovich Ianson, who had formerly been a people's commissar in the Russian Soviet Federative...
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The Great Friendship (redirect from The Extraordinary Commissar)
Великая дружба, romanized: Velikaya druzhba; also called The Extraordinary Commissar) is a 1947 opera by Vano Muradeli, to a libretto by Georgi Mdivani. It...
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Grigory Sokolnikov (section Commissar for Finance)
Sokolnikov was appointed USSR Deputy People's Commissar of Finance on 10 January 1922. Since the People's Commissar, Nikolai Krestinsky had been appointed Ambassador...
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