ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COMMISSAR
From Russian kommissar, from German, from Medieval Latin commissāriuscommissary.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMISSAR»
Discover the use of
commissar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
commissar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
A Russian commissar has hidden 30 million dollars of gold somewhere behind enemy lines. In a madcap scheme, Porta brokers a deal with the commissar: free passage for the Russians in return for a share of the gold.
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Commissar and Mullah: Soviet-Muslim Policy from 1917 To 1924
During the revolutionary period the Soviets came into political and cultural conflict with Russia's Muslims.
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Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev:
Commissar, 1918-1945
This is the first volume of three in the only complete and fully reliable version of the memoirs available in English.
Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Sergeĭ Khrushchev, 2004
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Stalin's Loyal Executioner: People's
Commissar Nikolai ...
"Stalin's Loyal Executioner," drawn from still-classified Soviet archives, chronicles the meteoric and bloody career of Nikolai Ezhov, NKVD leader and security chief, revealing the tragic scope of communist terrorism under Joseph Stalin.
Marc Jansen, N. Nikita Vasilevich Petrov, 2002
continued. from. back. Thus is our young hero of the Russian Revolution secretly
smitten by the sirens of capitalism. In due course Dimitri is marked by the Kremlin
as a young man with an exceedingly devious mind. Accordingly they assign ...
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Blood and fire, tsar and
commissar: the Salvation Army in ...
Blood and fire, Tsar and Commissar examines The Salvation Army's attempt in the early twentieth century to establish itself in Russia.
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The Sorcerer As Apprentice: Stalin As
Commissar of ...
A rich history based on original research about how current nationality and ethnic problems originated with the Narkomnats and Stalin as its chief.
8
The
Commissar of the Gold Express: An Episode in the Civil War
Soviet-era fiction of the Russian civil war.
This is a new release of the original 1937 edition.
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Before the Fall: Soviet Cinema in the Gorbachev Years
Commissar was due for release. The sympathetic treatment of a Jewish family,
and the flashforward to a Holocaust scene that connects past and present and
indirectly points at Soviet responsibilities and racist biases, was sure to trigger
the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMISSAR»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
commissar is used in the context of the following news items.
PLA Air Force promotions signal start of changes for 19th party …
Lieutenant General Yu Zhongfu, former political commissar of Nanjing military command's air force, was promoted to political commissar of the ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
Mpofu, Kasukuwere summoned by Parly
The Zanu PF political commissar has had run-ins with the Parliamentary portfolio committee on indigenisation which is probing how he ... «New Zimbabwe.com, Jul 15»
History of the Russian Revolutions and Civil War
It was too much for War Commissar Trotsky who would not tolerate that the ongoing series of reverses at the front could extend any longer. «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
"Leave us alone", Expelled Masvingo Zanu(PF) Chefs Speak Out
The reaction came barely after Masvingo Province Political Commissar, Jeppy Jaboon blasted suspended Retired Colonel Claudius Makova ... «RadioVop, Jul 15»
I Will Retire After Uprooting Warlords - Besigye
The former NRM National Political Commissar said what happened in 1986 when Mr Museveni took power, was not a fundamental change, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
Suspended Harare town clerk defies mayor, reports for work
Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere is now the new Local Government minister. It remains to be seen how Kasukuwere will deal with the Mahachi ... «The Zimbabwe Daily, Jul 15»
Mugabe demotes Moyo in reshuffle
... Climate minister a portfolio previously held by party commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, who has been moved to the Local Government ministry. «NewsDay, Jul 15»
Kim Jong Un's agenda dominated by military affairs in June
... Bureau, Son Chol Ju, political commissar of the KPA Air and Anti-Air Force, and Ri Yong Nam, political commissar of the KPA 10th Corps. «NK News, Jul 15»
A Tipping Point in the US-China-Vietnam Triangle
Less than three years ago, in December 2012, Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh and the military's chief political commissar Ngo Xuan ... «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
Listen to the Oppah Muchinguri tape
Muchinguri is allegedly heard in the recording telling the youths that Zanu PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere was saying all the bad ... «Nehanda Radio, Jul 15»
