0 (in the Soviet Union until 1946) the official title of the head of a government department, or an official responsible for political education, especially in a military group
Like Lenin, he surrounded himself with commissars, having absolute authority.
The commissar shouted: "What, still alive!" and fired two more point-blank shots at the prostrate man.
The rivalry between commander and commissar was particularly intense because all orders or directives had to be co-signed by the two officers.
Within a month, the people's commissar responsible for the area was considering cultural autonomy.
The supervisory commissar could order the expert of the afflicted district to undertake the investigations of suspected grapevines.
The divisional commanders were frequently in friction with the political commissars.
First, the commissar's duties were so imprecisely or ambiguously stated that it permitted him to indulge in matters that were within neither his purview nor his competence.
The commissar 'forbade under the penalty of death to give any help to the people on the train' 99 and escorted the 200 to the synagogue.
