Search Details

Word: politruk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...distinguished group to Lodz. At the convention, a total of seven liberals-including Zbigniew Herbert, Poland's leading lyric poet-were elected to the 24-man executive committee that had previously been composed entirely of conservatives. Jerzy Putrament, who for 20 years has been the party's politruk, or watchdog, within the union, was narrowly re-elected to the committee by a single vote-and only because some of his prominent opponents happened to be out of the hall at the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Realistic Compromise | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

| 1 |