Spanish dictionary update

[Dan Goncharoff]

A quick check of the NYTimes found a use in 1931 to the trio of Rykof,
Bukharin and Tomsky as the "Right opposition troika", likely a translation
(or lack thereof) from the Russian.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F50F11F7345E1B728DDDAE0A94DA405B818FF1D3

In 1953, the word is used to refer to the triumvirate succeeding Stalin
(Molotov, Malenkov, Beria).

By 1961, it is used for the Soviet arms control proposal giving
representatives of the West, the Soviet Union and non-aligned each a veto
over proposals.

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:16 PM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>wrote:

> troika




DanG

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