- In the military, a
political commissar or
political officer (or
politruk, a
portmanteau word from Russian: политический руководитель, romanized: politicheskiy...
- commissar,
which was the
equivalent rank in
military units. The
military rank "
Politruk" is an
abbreviation of "политический руководитель" ("political leader"...
-
Soviet postage stamp depicting a
politruk throwing a
grenade with the
phrase "Not a Step Back!"....
- was
commissioned into the
Soviet Navy in June 1922,
before being renamed Politruk (Russian: Политрук, lit. 'political leader') in
January 1923. The boat...
-
orders with
punishment by court-martial.
Infractions by
military and
politruks were
punished with
transferal to
penal battalions and to
penal companies...
-
According to the most
widely accepted version, the
photograph depicts junior politruk Aleksei Yeryomenko,
minutes before his
death on 12 July 1942, in Voroshilovgrad...
- removed, and that
Zhukov add a (fictional)
episode of a
visit to Brezhnev,
politruk on the
Southern Front, to
consult on
military strategy. In 1989, parts...
-
authorities ****igned to
every unit of the Red Army a
political commissar, or
politruk, who had the
authority to
override unit commanders'
decisions if they ran...
-
authorities ****igned to
every unit of the Red Army a
political commissar, or
politruk, who had the
authority to
override unit commanders'
decisions if they ran...
-
hated them. The
commissars now
become the
politruks or
deputy commanders for
political affairs. The
politruks no
longer had the
power of command, but still...
