интеллигенция-/in,teli'gentsiya/- Intelligentsia

Intelligensia is a social class of people engaged in intellectual kind of work, mainly mental and creative labour. A distinguished social stratum which implies teachers, artists, scientists etc. was considered a certain type of elite, so called intelligensia. You can learn about the life of this social class of Soviet society from your Moscow tour guide.   

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