Examples of 'nomenklatura' in a sentence

Meaning of "nomenklatura"

nomenklatura (noun): A term originating from the Soviet Union to describe a privileged class of people who held key administrative positions in government, industry, and other sectors. It is often used in discussions of political systems and social hierarchies
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  • A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party.
  • The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite.

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Transformation of nomenklatura into a class of private owners.
It turned out to be a dictatorship of the nomenklatura.
It was called the nomenklatura system of the state and economy management.
She is a daughter of the nomenklatura.
Drozdy nomenklatura district.
Gierek was favored by the more pragmatic and technocratic members of the nomenklatura.
The political class becomes a kind of nomenklatura of leaders who prefer popularity to debate.
These moves prompted resistance and suspicion on the part of hardline members of the nomenklatura.
And bureaucrats and nomenklatura still plop their fat derrières down in their seats of authority.
In his day my father was a member of the Nomenklatura.
Elimination of nomenklatura system Reduction of presidential powers.
All the wealth seems to flow to the Communist nomenklatura and their sponsors.
The nomenklatura system arose early in Soviet history.
Nickelodeon shows a group from the Nomenklatura in an atmosphere of anxiety.
The new world of biznes was even more strongly male than the Soviet nomenklatura.

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All the more so as the nomenklatura swear by Swiss Made.
They and the people with them were the continuation and embodiment of the Soviet nomenklatura.
The party nomenklatura continuosly wrote denunciations of Beria to Stalin.
Except for the Communist party nomenklatura.
Virtually all members of the nomenklatura were members of the Communist Party.
In Russia they would have been known as the Nomenklatura.
This is akin to the old nomenklatura system in the former Soviet Union.
Leadership positions in the Supreme Soviet were under the nomenklatura of the Politburo.
Nomenklatura of Signs.
Logically this would have seriously alienated Beria from most of the Party nomenklatura.
The Bulgarian Communist Party created an extensive nomenklatura on each organizational level.
This led to the creation of a new, but similar upper class, known as the Nomenklatura.
Received a residence in the Drozdy nomenklatura district in Minsk from the Presidential Administration.
This was reserved for the Communist Party nomenklatura.
Has been granted a residence in the Drozdy nomenklatura district in Minsk by the Presidential Administration.
That is, not at all unless you are a member of the nomenklatura.
Coextensive with the nomenklatura were patron-client relations.
And equally distributed dignified poverty as well - everyone but the nomenklatura.
Where are the nomenklatura going to hide?
Modern in design, it became a symbol of higher status in the Soviet nomenklatura.
Against this backdrop, the nomenklatura system would evolve and become standard practice.
Did they show one hundredth of the compassion they now show for the Nomenklatura fellaga?
The old Soviet Nomenklatura administrative infrastructure may be better described now as a clan / family nomenklatura.
However, this model was reserved for the Communist Party Nomenklatura.
In the Soviet Union, the nomenklatura had huge privileges.
Varoufakis, a self-proclaimed “ liberal marxist ”, is not a member of the party nomenklatura.
In the Soviet Union, the Nomenklatura were the key administrators in all sectors.
The Nomenklatura and Upper Caste number in total about 11.5 million households.
An arrogant ruling class - the nomenklatura - that clings to its privileges.
In the U.S., the Nomenklatura are well-paid government administrators with security and power.
What can nomenklatura do for you?
Many of the Soviet nomenklatura of the Stalin era graduated from the Academy in the 1930s.

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