English Explanatory Dictionary

Zubatovshchina

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The creation of police-run trade unions in an attempt to compromise the labour movement.

Word forms

Zubatovshchina

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian зуба́товщина (zubátovščina), named after Sergei Vasilyevich Zubatov.

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