Tovarishch
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Tovarishch or tovarisch (Russian: Това́рищ, Russian pronunciation: [tɐˈvarʲɪɕɕ], from Old Turkic tavar ishchi, "merchant" [1]) is a Russian word meaning comrade, friend, colleague, or ally. In pre-revolutionary Russia (1802-1917) also any official's assistant. It may also refer to:
- Gorch Fock (1933), a German three-mast barque in the 1930s, used by USSR under the name Tovarishch until the 1990s, now a museum ship
- Towarzysz, the name of cavalry soldiers in the Polish army since the 16th century
- Tovaritch, a 1933 play by French writer Jacques Deval
- Tovarich, a 1935 play by Robert E. Sherwood based on Jacques Deval's play
- Tovarich (film), a 1937 movie based on the play and starring Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer
- Tovarich (musical), a 1963 musical based on the play and featuring Vivien Leigh
- Tovarich, a comic strip by Antonio Prohías.
[edit] References
- ^ "tovarich." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 18 Feb. 2010.
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