# tolkach

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. In the Soviet Union, an employee whose role was to use informal connections to make it possible for their enterprise to meet or manipulate the government-imposed targets.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Russian толкать (tolkatʹ)
Old East Slavic -ачь (-ačĭ)
Russian -ач (-ač)
Russian толкач (tolkač)bor.
English tolkach
Borrowed from Russian толкач (tolkač).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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