Oligarch may refer to:
Authority
* Oligarch, a member of an
oligarchy
Oligarchy (; ) is a conceptual form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may or may not be distinguished by one or several characteristics, such as nobility, fame, wealth, education, or corporate, r ...
, a power structure where control resides in a small number of people
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Oligarch (Kingdom of Hungary)
An oligarch or provincial lord ( hu, tartományúr; formerly the term ''petty king'' was also used) was a powerful lord who administered huge contiguous territories through usurping royal prerogatives in the Kingdom of Hungary in the late 13th and ...
, late 13th–14th centuries
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Business oligarch
A business oligarch is generally a business magnate who controls sufficient resources to influence national politics. A business leader can be considered an oligarch if the following conditions are satisfied:
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, wealthy and influential businessmen
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Russian oligarch
Russian oligarchs (Russian language, Russian: олигархи, Romanization of Russian, romanized: ''oligarkhi'') are business oligarchs of the Post-Soviet states, former Soviet republics who rapidly accumulated wealth in the 1990s via the Priv ...
, business oligarchs in the era of Russian privatization in the 1990s
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Ukrainian oligarchs
Ukrainian oligarchs (Ukrainian: українські олігархи, romanized: ukrayins'ki oliharkhy) are business oligarchs who emerged on the economic and political scene of Ukraine after the 1991 Ukrainian independence referendum. This peri ...
, business oligarchs after Ukrainian independence in 1991
Other uses
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The Oligarchs
''The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia'' is a 2001 non-fiction book written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and ''Washington Post'' contributing editor David E. Hoffman. The book chronicles events of the transitional period in Russi ...
'', a 2001 non-fiction book by David E. Hoffman
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Oligarch planet
Following the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846, there was considerable speculation that another planet might exist beyond its orbit. The search began in the mid-19th century and continued at the start of the 20th with Percival Lowell's ...
, hypothetical planets beyond Neptune
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Old Oligarch The "Constitution of the Athenians" ( grc-gre, Ἀθηναίων πολιτεία, ''Athenaion Politeia''), also known as "On the Athenian State", is a short treatise on the government and society of classical Athens. It was preserved amongst the m ...
, author of a "Constitution of the Athenians"
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