Vyshinsky

[ vi-shin-skee; Russian vi-shin-skyee ]

noun
  1. Andrei Yanuarievich. Vishinsky, Andrei Yanuarievich.

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Vyshinsky

Vishinsky

/ (Russian viˈʃinskij) /


noun
  1. Andrei Yanuaryevich (anˈdrjej jənuˈarjɪvitʃ). 1883–1954, Soviet jurist, statesman, and diplomat; foreign minister (1949–53). He was public prosecutor (1935–38) at the trials held to purge Stalin's rivals and was the Soviet representative at the United Nations (1945–49; 1953–54)

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