An '''apparatchik''' is a [[Communist party]] [[bureaucrat]] or functionary. The term has been applied to any mundane and uninspiring personality in a [[political machine]]. The term originated to describe a mindless [[left-wing]] [[big government]] political operative in the [[Soviet communist]] apparatus. | An '''apparatchik''' is a [[Communist party]] [[bureaucrat]] or functionary. The term has been applied to any mundane and uninspiring personality in a [[political machine]]. The term originated to describe a mindless [[left-wing]] [[big government]] political operative in the [[Soviet communist]] apparatus. |