
[Russian, from apparat, apparat. See apparat.]

| Russian term | |
| Translit | apparatchik |
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| English | functionary |
Apparatchik (Russian: аппара́тчик, Russian pronunciation: [ɐpɐˈratɕɪk] plural apparatchiki) is a Russian colloquial term for a full-time, professional functionary of the Communist Party or government; i.e., an agent of the governmental or party "apparat" (apparatus) that held any position of bureaucratic or political responsibility, with the exception of the higher ranks of management. James Billington describes one as "a man not of grand plans, but of a hundred carefully executed details."[1] It often is considered a derogatory term.[2]
Members of the "apparat" were frequently transferred between different areas of responsibility, usually with little or no actual training for their new areas of responsibility. Thus, the term apparatchik, or "agent of the apparatus" was usually the best possible description of the person's profession and occupation.[3]
Not all apparatchiks held lifelong positions. Many only entered such positions in middle age.[4]
Today this term is also used in contexts other than Soviet Union. According to Collins English Dictionary the word can mean "an official or bureaucrat in any organization". The word originated in the writings of Arthur Koestler in 1941 and originally meant "Communist agent or spy".[5]
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - apparatjik, medlem af det kommunistiske apparat, partipamper
Nederlands (Dutch)
apparatsjik (lid van Communistisch apparaat), ijverige politicus
Français (French)
n. - apparatchik
Deutsch (German)
n. - Apparatschik, (Mitglied des kommunistischen Apparats)
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιστ.) μέλος ή χαφιές του Σοβιετικού Κομουνιστικού Κόμματος, μέλος του κομματικού μηχανισμού
Português (Portuguese)
n. - membro (m) (f) de um aparelho comunista, oficial (m) (f) devotado cegamente aos seus superiores, membro ativo (m) de um partido político
Español (Spanish)
n. - miembro del "aparato" comunista
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - byråkrat, partipamp
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
共产党组织的官员
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 共產黨組織的官員
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - עובד מנגנון של מפלגה קומוניסטית (מיושן), סוכן או מרגל קומוניסטי, אפארצ'יק, עסקן פוליטי נלהב, איש-מנגנון של ארגון פרטי או ציבורי
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