Word: commissariats
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...cold and sleety day last ' week, Japanese Ambassador Naotake Sato entered the Foreign Commissariat in Mos cow. He had been summoned by Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov, who had some Jap-shaking news...
...Tall, slender Semion K. Tsarapkin heads the Foreign Commissariat's Section of American Affairs, was formerly its chief Far Eastern expert...
...said to the Chief of the Production Section of the Technical Department of the People's Commissariat of the rubber industry: 'We are interested in the nipple...
...could become a much greater political power in the Soviet state. As a Defense Commissar, had Voroshilov aspired too far? Stalin, a close student of Machiavelli, dislikes ambition in his official family. Or did Russia need a younger, more progressive man than Voroshilov to head its enormously developed war commissariat...
...27th anniversary of the Russian Revolution the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs pioneered a new revolution-in style. Henceforth the well-dressed Soviet diplomat will wear a dramatic new uniform. But simplicity is the keynote. A simple, double-breasted suit of midnight black is the foundation. Coat cuffs are four inches, and heavily embroidered with gold acanthus leaves. Gold buttons, gold shoulder boards, and lapels thickly laced with gold galloons provide distinguished color. For dramatic dignity, a ten-inch, ivory-sheathed dagger is worn at the belt, on the left...