Which term, originating from the Latin word for 'high', describes the system of appointing senior officials from a single party list that governed the Soviet Union through a hierarchy of committees?

• A Apparatchiks
• B Siloviki
• C Glasnost
• D Nomenklatura ✓

The nomenklatura was the list of key positions and the pool of approved candidates vetted by the Communist Party; it effectively controlled all appointments in government, industry, and culture.