Meaning of troiki | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

Examples

“The troiki received extraordinary powers: to impose⟳ sentences even to death, without supervision, and to oversee⟳ the implementation of their decisions.”

“In searching out ‘anti-Soviet elements’, troiki were enjoined to capture⟳ escaped kulaks, ex-Mensheviks, ex-Socialist-Revolutionaries, priests, pre-revolutionary policemen and former members of non-Russian parties.”

“In 1933 he [Robert Eikhe] waged a fierce struggle⟳ against the regime’s opponents, petitioning the Politburo in July 1933 to retain⟳ the power of the troiki in West Siberia to impose⟳ the death penalty.”

“They were given a five-day period within which to form⟳ special troiki to administer the cases and to carry⟳ out a survey of the numbers to be shot and exiled.”

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