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Apparatchik

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159:) were frequently transferred between different areas of responsibility, usually with little or no actual training for their new areas of responsibility. Thus, the term apparatchik, or "agent of the apparatus" was usually the best possible description of the person's profession and occupation. Not all apparatchiks held lifelong positions. Many only entered such positions in middle age. They were known to receive various benefits including free holiday vouchers, free meals and accommodation. Today 483: 255: 221: 114: 341: 314: 282: 144:
as "a man not of grand plans, but of a hundred carefully executed details." The term is often considered derogatory, with negative
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the word can mean "an official or bureaucrat in any organization". According to Douglas Harper's
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or political responsibility, with the exception of the higher ranks of management called
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in terms of the quality, competence, and attitude of a person thus described.
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Index

Apparatchiks
Apparatjik
Apparatchik (disambiguation)
Russian
Romanization
Russian
аппара́тчик
functionary
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet government
аппарат
bureaucratic
nomenklatura
James Billington
connotations
Soviet Union
Collins English Dictionary
Online Etymology Dictionary
Arthur Koestler
Cadre (politics)
Clientelism
Jobsworth
New class
Partmaximum
Cadre management in the Soviet Union
Billington, James H.
Fire in the Minds of Men
ISBN
978-0-7658-0471-6
The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire

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