what is an apparatchik
Apparatchik /ËÉËpÉËrÉËtÊÉªk/ (Russian: Ð°Ð¿Ð¿Ð°ÑÐ°ÌÑÑÐ¸Ðº [ÉpÉËratÉÉªk]) is a Russian colloquial term for a full-time, professional functionary of the Communist Party or government apparat (apparatus) that held any position of bureaucratic or political responsibility, with the exception of the higher ranks of management called Nomenklatura.