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commissars
n. (plural of commissar English)
Usage examples of "commissars".
Her sons, wherever they were with the Red Army, might also have attracted the attention of the political commissars assigned to the military.
The Istikhbarat was originally responsible for the political commissars attached to army units down to battalion level and air force units down to squadron level, although it is unclear if it still has this mission.
Military Security appears to have taken over control of the political commissars, themselves reinstituted after the Gulf War, with SSO officers added to the headquarters staffs for good measure.
Remember the Twenty-six Commissars of Baku, I thought grimly, as my virtual leather jacket and trousers -- Bolshevik chic -- creaked around me.