In contrast being called "comrade" implied a kind of revolutionary zeal and exceptionalism. Yet, it was widely used across society-socialists in the Provisional Government were known as 'comrade ministers', policemen and Cossacks were addressed as 'comrades', and even rural witch-doctors became 'comrade spirits'. [10] More @Wikipedia
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