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 : a small round or square of dough stuffed with a filling (as potato) and baked or fried  |  | 
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1  : a Russian vehicle drawn by three horses abreast; also : a team for such a vehicle  
2  : a group of three; especially : an administrative or ruling body of three  |  | 
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1  : the citadel of a Russian city  
2  capitalized [the Kremlin, citadel of Moscow and seat of government of Russia and formerly of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics] : the Russian government  |  | 
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 : of, relating to, or being the last period of the Paleozoic era or the corresponding system of rocks  — see geologic time table  |  | 
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 : beef or fowl casing stuffed (as with meat, flour, and spices) and cooked  |  | 
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1  : a member of the extremist wing of the Russian Social Democratic party that seized power in Russia by the Revolution of November 1917  |  | 
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 : a timid, meek, or ineffectual person  |  | 
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 : a smoked sausage of Polish origin  |  | 
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1  : a member of a Communist apparat  
2  : a blindly devoted official, follower, or member of an organization (as a corporation or political party) <a movie studio apparatchik>  |  | 
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1  a : a Communist party official assigned to a military unit to teach party principles and policies and to ensure party loyalty    b : one that attempts to control public opinion or its expression  
2  : the head of a government department in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until 1946  |  | 
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