why do soviets call each other comrade

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SmokeyBrown · Answer

I found some interesting background! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comrade Apparently, "comrade" derives from Spanish, and Russian-speakers actually used the word "tovarisch", which means approximately the same thing. I think the article also has some information about the history of the word and how/why it is used

Nico2012 · Answer

@smokeybrown wrote:

I found some interesting background! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comrade Apparently, "comrade" derives from Spanish, and Russian-speakers actually used the word "tovarisch", which means approximately the same thing. I think the article also has some information about the history of the word and how/why it is used

Thank you

SmokeyBrown · Answer

No prob!