Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

Source code on GitHub (MIT license).

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nomenklatura

Eventually the name nomenklatura would become a pejorative for stolid bureaucrats.

—p.108 What Communism Was (99) by Georgi Derluguian
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szlachta

The glorious cavalry of Polish feudal szlachta was doomed in the new epoch

—p.104 What Communism Was (99) by Georgi Derluguian
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Safavis

At the very same time the Safavis were ascendent in Iran

—p.103 What Communism Was (99) by Georgi Derluguian
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Mughals

Shortly after 1500 the Mughals imposed their imperial rule in the inherently fractitious India.

—p.102 What Communism Was (99) by Georgi Derluguian
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Ming China

Ming China was surely the world's manufacturing and demographic giant.

—p.102 What Communism Was (99) by Georgi Derluguian
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