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Word: zampolits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...stiff note of protest, explained afterwards: "I had to write that. That's just a formality. What I really want to know is, where do you get men like that captain?" At public dinners Vishinsky ordered Zhukov about, and Zhukov dutifully read speeches handed to him by Zampolit officers. He did not gag when Stalin took credit for the great victories. The Zampolit organization had grown to huge proportions and was again the terror of the Red army. Into East Germany came Commissar Serov, to superintend the liquidation of dissidents, the dismantling of factories and museums, the kidnaping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Dragoon's Day | 5/9/1955 | See Source »

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