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Definition of Apparatchiki
1. apparatchik [n] - See also: apparatchik
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apparatchiki
Literary usage of Apparatchiki
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Syria and the Middle East Peace Process by Alasdair Drysdale, Raymond A. Hinnebusch (1991)
"... serves as a kind of politburo, bringing together the regime's top officers,
ministers, and party apparatchiki and officially nominating the president. ..."
2. Russian Money Laundering: Congressional Hearing edited by James A. Leach (2001)
"... includes the former officials of the USSR (although many continue to work for
the Russian government) and is made up of the apparatchiki (bureaucrats), ..."
3. Post-Communism: Four Perspectives by Michael Mandelbaum (1996)
"... social democrats, socialists, reform communists, populist-nationalist demagogues,
or unreformed apparatchiki—have returned to join those who never left. ..."
4. Competitiveness Issues: The Business Environment in the U.S., Japan and Germany (1993)
"In general, the Russian system was characterized as a loosely knit confederation
of several elements: a) the former-apparatchiki, b) the semi-privatized, ..."