apparatchiks

 [ah-puh-rah-chik; Russ. uh-puh-raht-chyik]  

ap·pa·rat·chik

   [ah-puh-rah-chik; Russ. uh-puh-raht-chyik]
noun, plural ap·pa·rat·chiks; Russian ap·pa·rat·chi·ki  [-chyi-kyee] .
a member of an apparat, especially in a Communist country.
Origin:
1940–45; < Russian apparátchik, equivalent to apparát apparat + -chik agent suffix
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