Sentence examples for provincial apparatchik from inspiring English sources

Some "typical provincial apparatchik".

To scholars on the left, he was an irksome distraction from the attempt to humanize socialism; to scholars on the right, his origins as a Communist functionary in the hinterlands made him deeply suspect -- a typical provincial apparatchik," was the dismissive judgment of Dmitri K. Simes.

The provincial Baath Party apparatchik, smoking a hookah in a downtown cafe, lowers his voice under the clack of the backgammon games around him and expresses the kind of criticism that still breeds fear of arrest.

It is a costly endeavour: up to $300 a day for the minder, monetary gifts for provincial party apparatchiks and district People's Committee chairmen, small change given before entering anyone's house.

Yeltsin was a memorable physical presence, a muzhik, a real Russian man — bearish, provincial, crude, funny, erratic, undisciplined, a drinker, a Communist Party apparatchik who became the Party's biggest enemy.

When they plumped instead for a conventional apparatchik, Mr Saldi decided that they were not to be trusted.So he began to scrutinise the provincial budget.

Provincial governments favour provincial retailers.

It overwhelms provincial governments.

French Provincial, you know".

What makes you provincial?

Party apparatchik turned senior ministerial aide.