Various kinds of Soviet committees

[Edward M Dumanis]

Prosveshchenije means education in Russian political context.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>


On Sun, 11 May 2008, Robert Chandler wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Vasily Grossman has a penchant for long lists, like the following:
> и сотни тысяч людей -
> крестьян, рабочих, мастеровых, студентов, молодежь из вологодских деревень и
> еврейских  местечек  -  стали  заправлять в ревкомах, в уездных и губернских
> чрезвычайных  комиссиях,  в  укомах,  в совнархозах,  утопах, губпродкомах,
> политпросветах, в комбедах.
>
> I’ve worked out most of it, but my abbreviations dictionary does not include
> ‘utop’.  Can anyone help? Nor am I entirely sure of ‘politprosvet’ - should
> I translate it as ‘political enlightenment committee’?
>
> Is a ‘uezd’ subordinate to a ‘guberniya’ much the same as a ‘raion’ is
> subordinate to an ‘oblast’’?
>
> Vsego dobrogo,
>
> R.
>
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