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commissariat 1. (in the former Soviet Union) a government department before 1946 2. a. a military department in charge of food supplies, equipment, etc. b. the offices of such a department 3. food supplies How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He has made good use of other archival materials as well, including the papers of the commissariats of justice and health and the diaries of the poet and novelist Mikhail Kuzmin. When the dust had settled, it was clear that a purge had occurred on a scale seldom seen outside Hollywood boardrooms or old Soviet commissariats. All the ills typically associated with Soviet commissariats could be found - in a much less malignant variety, to be sure - in America's great corporate headquarters. |
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