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    The nomenklatura (Russian: номенклату́ра, IPA: [nəmʲɪnklɐˈturə] ; from Latin: nomenclatura, system of names) were a category of people within the Soviet...
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    diplomat and dissident who authored the book Nomenklatura: The Soviet Ruling Class, about the Soviet nomenklatura, translated into 14 languages and printed...
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    removed from the office because of the disagreements regarding Kosovo's nomenklatura and the unity of Serbia. Ranković's dismissal was highly unpopular among...
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    position of the Serbs in Kosovo and gave them dominance in Kosovo's nomenklatura. Islam in Kosovo at this time was repressed and both Albanians and Muslim...
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    Stalinist buildings and apartments are generally divided into two types: Nomenklatura (elite) buildings Standard (mass-built) Stalinist houses These high-end...
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    driven by military necessity but in large part by the interests of the nomenklatura, which was dependent on the sector for their own power and privileges...
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    persuasion rather than force as a sign of weakness. The Communist Party nomenklatura saw the Soviet Union's dissolution as disastrous, as it resulted in their...
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  • responsibility, with the exception of the higher ranks of management called nomenklatura. James Billington describes an apparatchik as "a man not of grand plans...
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    which explains their usage for stylistic purposes in words such as nomenklatură (normally nomenclatură, meaning "nomenclature", but sometimes spelled...
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    to replace the GAZ Pobeda in 1956. Their role in serving the Soviet nomenklatura made them a contemporary cultural icon. Several generations of the car...
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    country's second highest governing council. Under the USSR-inspired nomenklatura system of appointments, individuals are appointed to the position by...
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  • Side A No. Title Length 1. "Commando Mix" 9:23 2. "S.FR. Nomenklatura" (1&2) 6:36 3. "Deceit (Behind Your Face)" 3:44 Total length: 19:43...
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  • Marxian economics was the dominant economic view of the Soviet Union nomenklatura and its allies. Monetarism appeared in the 1950s and 1960s, its intellectual...
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    is enmeshed in every level of the state." Modelled after the Soviet Nomenklatura system, the party committee's organization department at each level has...
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  • designed for Cloak, Gianni Versace Uomo, Alexandre Plokhov, Helmut Lang and Nomenklatura Studio labels. Plokhov originally trained as an interpreter at The Maurice...
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    People's Republic during the 1960s to denigrate the children of the nomenklatura, particularly those who participated in the March 1968 protests. The...
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    second-in-command and minister of propaganda, is a collective portrait of the Soviet nomenklatura and journalists, such as of the national daily Pravda (The Truth), able...
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    academic, artistic, scientific, military) seeking upward mobility into the nomenklatura, the ruling class of the USSR. That the political economics of the politburo...
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    hood ornament. The car was built to serve high and medium rank Soviet nomenklatura, but was also readily available as a taxi and ambulance. Unlike its successors...
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    partly responsible for the Tajik Civil War. Rising out of the regional nomenklatura, Nabiyev ascended to power in 1982 as First Secretary of the Communist...
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  • cadre of the Party itself. Over time this evolved into the system of nomenklatura encompassing managerial positions in the whole state. Over time, the...
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    papirosas and its smoking was indicative of belonging to the Soviet elite, nomenklatura. Веденеев Василий, 100 великих тайн России XX века, section Отец «Казбека»...
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    Secretariat played a decisive role in selecting the Nomenklatura of the Central Committee. Nomenklatura members were the holders of the top 300 or so positions...
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  • 1929 – 25[citation needed] June 2019) was a communist politician and Nomenklatura of the Lithuanian SSR. He was the last First Secretary of the Communist...
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    : 68  The CCP uses the nomenklatura method ("list of names" in Soviet terminology) to determine appointments.: 123  The nomenklatura system is how a Leninist...
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    In the political economies of the former Marxist-Leninist states, the nomenklatura are the ruling class who control the means of production, allocate resources...
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    significant opposition from the urban intelligentsia and former Soviet nomenklatura, as well as from his own ranks. In early 1992 Gamsakhurdia was overthrown...
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    repressed. In terms of political appointments, the KSČ maintained cadre and nomenklatura lists, with the latter containing every post that was important to the...
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    354–355. Grosescu, R. (2004). "The Political Regrouping of Romanian Nomenklatura during the 1989 Revolution". Romanian Journal of Society and Politics...
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    document's 8th Point, calling for all former Romanian Communist Party nomenklatura and Securitate cadres to be banned from holding public office for a period...
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