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Tovarich (play)
Tovarishch, tovarisch or tovarish (russian: товарищ) is a Russian word meaning comrade, friend, colleague, or ally, and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Tovaritch'' (1933 play), a 1933 play in French by Jacques Deval ** ''Tovaritch'' (film), a 1935 French film based on the 1933 play ** ''Tovarich'' (1935 play), a 1935 play in English by Robert E. Sherwood based on Deval's 1933 play *** ''Tovarich'' (film), a 1937 American film based on the Sherwood play *** ''Tovarich'' (musical), a 1963 musical based on the 1935 play * ''Tovarich'', a comic strip by Antonio Prohías Other uses * ''Gorch Fock'' (1933), a German three-mast barque used by the USSR under the name ''Tovarishch'' * ''Tovarishch'' (newspaper) (1906–1908), a daily paper published in St. Petersburg, Russia See also * Towarzysz Companion (Polish: ''Towarzysz'' ), plural: ''towarzysze'') was a junior cavalry officer or knight-officer in the army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comrade
The term ''comrade'' (russian: товарищ, tovarisch) generally means 'mate', 'colleague', or 'ally', and derives from the Spanish and Portuguese, term , literally meaning 'chamber mate', from Latin , meaning 'chamber' or 'room'. It may also specifically mean "fellow soldier". Political use of the term was inspired by the French Revolution, after which it grew into a form of address between socialists and workers. Since the Russian Revolution, popular culture in the Western world has often associated it with communism. Background Upon abolishing the titles of nobility in France, and the terms and (literally, 'my lord' and 'my lady'), the revolutionaries employed the term for men and for women (both meaning ' citizen') to refer to each other. The deposed King Louis XVI, for instance, was referred to as to emphasize his loss of privilege. When the socialist movement gained momentum in the mid-19th century, socialists elsewhere began to look for a similar egalitarian alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
