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Definition of Commissariats
1. commissariat [n] - See also: commissariat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commissariats
Literary usage of Commissariats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Prostitution in Europe by Abraham Flexner (1914)
"Supervision of the commissariats with the object of maintaining a uniform ...
Inspection of the punishment and fine books kept by the commissariats. 10. ..."
2. Soviet Russia by Friends of Soviet Russia, Soviet Union Russian Soviet Government Bureau (New York, N.Y.) (1920)
"For the purpose of regulating supply and industry, commissariats of Supply and
Industry ... These commissariats are entrusted with the most important work. ..."
3. The Economics of Communism: With Special Reference to Russia's Experiment by Leo Pasvolsky (1921)
"For example, the commissariats of Agriculture and of Supplies have identical ...
For the performance of these duties, the two commissariats maintain a local ..."
4. Trailing the Bolsheviki: Twelve Thousand Miles with the Allies in Siberia by Carl William Ackerman (1919)
"The members of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee work in the various
departments (People's commissariats) or execute special orders of the ..."
5. Marooned in Moscow: The Story of an American Woman Imprisoned in Russia by Marguerite Harrison (1921)
"In the commissariats there is much sabotage, much padding of payrolls and ...
In several commissariats, such as that of Posts and Telegraphs and that of ..."
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