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intelligentsia Wiktionary
The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.
democratic centralism Wiktionary
A set of principles of internal organization, mainly associated with Leninism, in which political decisions reached by voting are binding upon all members of the party.
kosovorotka Wiktionary
A traditional Russian skewed-collared shirt.
brotherkin Wiktionary
Diminutive of brother.
Kosovo and Metohia Wiktionary
An autonomous province of Serbia; a term used of Kosovo by those who do not recognize the Republic of Kosovo.
short i Wiktionary
The vowel sound /ɪ/, as in the words pit and stick. (The presence of a short vowel is sometimes signaled in spelling by the doubling of a consonant after it, such as in sitting as contrasted with siting.)
anti-Semitism Wiktionary
Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia.
aristocracy of labour Wiktionary
Alternative form of labour aristocracy.
watchie Wiktionary
Diminutive of watch (“timepiece”).
Arkadzii Wiktionary
A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Арка́дзій (Arkádzij).
monopoly Wiktionary
A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
labour aristocracy Wiktionary
Segment of the working class that enjoys a relatively privileged position compared to the rest of the working class as a result of higher salaries, better working conditions, etc., and which can lead them to have different interests and perspectives even though they continue to b
bourgeois Wiktionary
Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
sooshka Wiktionary
Alternative form of sushka.
dekulakize Wiktionary
Usually with reference to the Soviet Union and communist Eastern Europe: to dispossess a kulak (that is, a prosperous peasant) of his or her property and/or rights.
agitprop Wiktionary
Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of t
anarchy Wiktionary
The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
sushka Wiktionary
A traditional Eastern European small, crunchy, mildly sweet bread ring eaten for dessert, usually with tea or coffee.
dope Wiktionary
Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
soviet Wiktionary
A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere.
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