Stavkan.

/ˈstafkə/

/ˈstɑːvkə/

Etymology: Russian, < stavit′ to put, place.

The general headquarters of the Russian army.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > War Office

War Office1721

War Department1797

W.D.1855

W.O.1860

Seraskierate1876

pall-mall1880

war room1914

War House1925

Stavka1928

pentagon1942

War Box1952

1928 Daily Express 16 July 8 The actual relations between the Stavka (G.H.Q.) and the Duma are revealed clearly for the first time.

1931 W. S. Churchill World Crisis V. ix. 142 By August 6 the Russian General Headquarters—in future called the Stavka—learned definitely that the German main forces..were entraining for the French front.

1949 I. Deutscher Stalin 466 The Stavka, the Red Army's G.H.Q., was in his offices in the Kremlin.

1963 P. Fleming Kolchak xiv. 158 The swollen Stavka, besides embodying all the worst technical vices of Russian military bureaucracy, was rotten to the core with dishonesty, nepotism and intrigue.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	stavka
释义	Stavkan. /ˈstafkə//ˈstɑːvkə/ Etymology: Russian, < stavit′ to put, place. The general headquarters of the Russian army. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > War Office War Office1721 War Department1797 W.D.1855 W.O.1860 Seraskierate1876 pall-mall1880 war room1914 War House1925 Stavka1928 pentagon1942 War Box1952 1928 Daily Express 16 July 8 The actual relations between the Stavka (G.H.Q.) and the Duma are revealed clearly for the first time. 1931 W. S. Churchill World Crisis V. ix. 142 By August 6 the Russian General Headquarters—in future called the Stavka—learned definitely that the German main forces..were entraining for the French front. 1949 I. Deutscher Stalin 466 The Stavka, the Red Army's G.H.Q., was in his offices in the Kremlin. 1963 P. Fleming Kolchak xiv. 158 The swollen Stavka, besides embodying all the worst technical vices of Russian military bureaucracy, was rotten to the core with dishonesty, nepotism and intrigue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1928
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