nomenklatura
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mən noun, plural no·men·kla·tu·ras.
a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
Origin:
1980–85; < Russian nomenklatúra literally, nomenclature
1980–85; < Russian nomenklatúra literally, nomenclature
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| (formerly, in the USSR and E Europe) a list of individuals drawn up by the Communist Party from which were selected candidates for vacant senior positions in the state, party, and other important organizations | |
| [C20: Russian, from Latin nōmenclātūra list of names] | |
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Reorganization has taken place, the names have changed, but the old nomenklatura remains on top.
The regional elite are the old and new nomenklatura.
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