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Definition of Commissars
1. commissar [n] - See also: commissar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commissars
Literary usage of Commissars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selected Articles on Modern Industrial Movements by Daniel Bloomfield (1919)
"The Council of People's commissars notifies immediately the All-Russian Central
Executive Committee of all its orders and resolutions. 40. ..."
2. Marooned in Moscow: The Story of an American Woman Imprisoned in Russia by Marguerite Harrison (1921)
"The People's Commissariats, sixteen in number, with the commissars holding office
in August of this year, are as follows: COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S commissars ..."
3. Trailing the Bolsheviki: Twelve Thousand Miles with the Allies in Siberia by Carl William Ackerman (1919)
"The Council of People's commissars is entrusted with the general management of
... There are eighteen People's commissars: a. Foreign Affairs. b. Army. c. ..."
4. Abraham Lincoln and Constitutional Government by Bartow Adolphus Ulrich (1920)
"Note: Measures requiring immediate execution may be enacted directly by the
Council of People's commissars. 42. The members of the Council of People's ..."
5. Soviet Russia by Friends of Soviet Russia, Soviet Union Russian Soviet Government Bureau (New York, N.Y.) (1920)
"The peace proposals of Soviet Russia to Poland as reported by wireless are as
follows: TO PRESIDENT PILSUDSKI The Council of People's commissars of the ..."
6. "The Greatest Failure in All History": A Critical Examination of the Actual by John Spargo (1920)
"For the accomplishment of this task the Council of People's commissars issues
... There are seventeen People's commissars: (a) Foreign Affairs, (b) Army, ..."
7. The New Constitutions of Europe by Howard Lee McBain, Lindsay Rogers (1922)
"Chapter Eight The Council of People's commissars Art. 37. ... For the accomplishment
of this task the Council of People's commissars issues decrees, ..."
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