Various kinds of Soviet committees

[Robert Chandler]

Yes, certainly (though I prefer to keep the idea of 'enlightenment' since it
translates easily enough).  But what I was unsure about was whether this is
indeed another kind of committee or whether it should be a ‘political
enlightenment CAMPAIGN’, or what.

R.

> 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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