Yevsektsiya

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Definitions

  • n. A Jewish section of the Soviet Communist Party. 

Example Sentences

  • "The ostensible purpose of the Yevsektsiya was to spread Communist ideology to Russia’s Jewish masses, among whom there were few Bolsheviks in 1917." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish
  • Russian

Etymology

  • евсекция yevsektsia > יעווסעקציע yevsektsia

      • Who Uses This

      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)
      • Russian: Jews whose ancestors were Russian-speaking Jews and migrated to English-speaking countries from the Soviet Union or Russia from the 1980s to the present

      Regions

      • North America

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      Alternative Spellings

      Yevsektziya

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