- In the military, a
political commissar or
political officer (or
politruk, a
portmanteau word from Russian: политический руководитель, romanized: politicheskiy...
-
Soviet postage stamp depicting a
politruk throwing a
grenade with the
phrase "Not a Step Back!"....
- It is not to be
confused with
politruk,
which was the
equivalent rank in
military units. The
military rank "
Politruk" is an
abbreviation of "политический...
-
orders with
punishment by court-martial.
Infractions by
military and
politruks were
punished with
transferral 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 Luhansk...
- 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...
- of
Admiral Alexander Kolchak and
General Pyotr Wrangel). He
served as a
politruk and
commander of a
number of
rifle companies (1918-1931). From September...
-
German to
agitate amongst foreign troops, and
attained the rank of
Senior Politruk. He
became a protégé of
Mikhail Tskhakaya, who sent him to
Lenin with a...
- detachments]
Division 7 [infantry,
cavalry and
artillery detachments]
Division 8
politruk Division 9 [medical service]
Division 10 [Navy]
Division 11 [NKVD troops]...
