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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • "Controversy Between" 4:54 8. "Sample D." 3:13 9. "S.FR Nomenklatura I" 4:24 10. "S.FR Nomenklatura II" 2:10 11. "Lovely Day" 5:23 12. "Special Forces" 5:30...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    rather than force as a sign of weakness. For much of the Communist Party nomenklatura, the Soviet Union's dissolution was disastrous as it resulted in their...
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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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    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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    that perestroika would have been doomed to defeat and revanchism by the nomenklatura without glasnost, because conditions in the Soviet Union were not identical...
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    became attracted to the Western way of life. Many members of the ruling 'nomenklatura' shared the same sentiments, as Western consumerism and individualism...
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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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    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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    less qualified individuals, as well as providing privileges for the nomenklatura and those with the right class or political background. Eastern Bloc...
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    Great Purge, Leonid Brezhnev rose rapidly within the ranks of the local nomenklatura, from director of the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute in 1936...
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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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    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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  • time in 2012. Grosescu, R. (2004). The Political Regrouping of Romanian Nomenklatura during the 1989 Revolution. Romanian Journal of Society and Politics...
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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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    political connotation. Karpov was considered a representative of the Soviet nomenklatura, while Kasparov was young and popular, positioned himself as a "child...
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    Soviet; the Prime Minister, however, was responsible for managing the nomenklatura and economic matters. Of the eleven individuals appointed head of state...
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    developed because of the nomenklatura system. Others criticized the special privileges bestowed on the CPSU elite, the nomenklatura system—which some said...
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    prompted resistance and suspicion on the part of hard-line members of the nomenklatura. The reforms also caused nationalist agitation on the part of the Soviet...
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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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    position of the Serbs in Kosovo and gave them dominance in Kosovo's nomenklatura. Under Ranković's influence, Islam in Kosovo at this time was repressed...
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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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