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Comrade. In political contexts, comrade means a fellow party member, usually left-wing. The political use was inspired by the French Revolution, after which it grew into a form of address between socialists and workers. Since the Russian Revolution, popular culture in the West has often associated it with communism.
Russian forms of addressing. The system of Russian forms of addressing is used in Russian languages to indicate relative social status and the degree of respect between speakers. Typical language for this includes using certain parts of a person's full name, name suffixes, and honorific plural, as well as various titles and ranks.
Vladimir Putin's language. Vladimir Putin's language, characterized by a straightforward style abundant in colloquialisms appealed to Russian citizens and contributed to his popularity in Russia. The most notable feature of it are " Putinisms ", quotes from Putin's speech, many of which are catchphrases and aphorisms well known in Russia, but ...
Tongzhi. (term) Tongzhi is a form of style used in China that taken on different meanings in the 20th century depending on context. It was first introduced into vernacular Chinese by Sun Yat-sen as a way of describing his followers. Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), tongzhi was used to mean "comrade" in a ...
Google Translate is a web-based free-to-use translation service developed by Google in April 2006. [12] It translates multiple forms of texts and media such as words, phrases and webpages. Originally, Google Translate was released as a statistical machine translation (SMT) service. [12] The input text had to be translated into English first ...
The socialist fraternal kiss was a special form of greeting between socialist state leaders. The act demonstrated the special connection that exists between Communist countries, consisting of an embrace, along with a series of three kisses on alternate cheeks. [1] In rare cases, when the two leaders considered themselves exceptionally close ...
Tovarich (1935 play), a 1935 play in English by Robert E. Sherwood based on Deval's 1933 play. Tovarich (film), a 1937 American film based on the Sherwood play. Tovarich (musical), a 1963 musical based on the 1935 play. Tovarich, a comic strip by Antonio Prohías. Tovarishch (band), a Soviet Ukrainian band.
Slavic honorifics. Speakers of Slavic languages and Lithuanians (Baltic languages) use two main sets of honorifics. West Slavs and Ukrainians use the title Pan, South Slavs and Russians use Gospodin, while Belarusians use either Pan or Spadar, and Lithuanians use either Ponas or Gaspadorius.