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Definitions for nomenklatura
ˌnoʊ mən klɑˈtʊər ənomen·klatu·ra
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Princeton's WordNet
nomenklaturanoun
the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party
Wiktionary
nomenklaturanoun
The system of bureaucratic patronage in the former Soviet Union.
nomenklaturanoun
The lists of appointments in this system, and the people on such lists.
nomenklaturanoun
The upper echelons of Soviet society.
Etymology: From номенклатура, from nomenclatura, from nomen + calare
Wikipedia
Nomenklatura
The nomenklatura (Russian: номенклату́ра, IPA: [nəmʲɪnklɐˈturə]; Latin: nomenclatura) were a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries who held various key administrative positions in the bureaucracy, running all spheres of those countries' activity: government, industry, agriculture, education, etc., whose positions were granted only with approval by the communist party of each country or region. Virtually all members of the nomenklatura were members of a communist party. Critics of Stalin, such as Milovan Đilas, critically defined them as a "new class". The arch-critic of Stalin, Trotsky used the term caste rather than class, because he saw the Soviet Union as a degenerated workers' state, not as a new-class society. Richard Pipes, an anti-communist Harvard historian, claimed that the nomenklatura system mainly reflected a continuation of the old Tsarist regime, as many former Tsarist officials or "careerists" joined the Bolshevik government during and after the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. The nomenklatura forming a de facto elite of public powers in the former Eastern Bloc; one may compare them to the western establishment holding or controlling both private and public powers (for example, in media, finance, trade, industry, the state and institutions).
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nomenklatura
The nomenklatura was a system in the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries, where important positions in the government, industry, and other sectors were filled by individuals chosen from a list approved by the Communist party. The term is derived from the Latin "nomenclatura", meaning a list of names, and broadly refers to the elite, privileged class in these societies. This system was primarily used to control key positions and ensure loyalty to the party.
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Nomenklatura
The nomenklatura were a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries who held various key administrative positions in all spheres of those countries' activity: government, industry, agriculture, education, etc., whose positions were granted only with approval by the communist party of each country or region. Virtually all were members of the Communist Party. Some authors who opposed the Soviet regime, such as Milovan Đilas, critically defined them as a new class. Trotskyism uses the term caste rather than class, because they saw the Soviet Union as a degenerated workers' state, not a new class society. Later developments of Trotsky's theories, notably Tony Cliff's theory of State Capitalism, did refer to the nomenklatura as a new class.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nomenklatura in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nomenklatura in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- νομενκλατούραGreek
- nomenklaturaFrench
- nomenclaturaPortuguese
- номенклатураRussian
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