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Budënny

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[boo-den-ee, boo-dyaw-nee] / buˈdɛn i, buˈdyɔ ni /

noun

  1. Semën Mikhailovich 1883–1973, Russian general in 1917 revolution and World War II.


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A chunky, instinctive fighter with an elaborate mustache, Budenny was named one of the original Red Army field marshals in 1935 and commanded the ill-fated southern army during World War II.

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Semyon M. Budenny, 90, Russian war hero celebrated in song and story for his guerrilla cavalry exploits during the Russian civil war of 1918-21; in Moscow.

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Budenny won the Order of Lenin eight times, most recently in April of this year.

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Tossing in short and sometimes amusing sketches of Soviet leaders, from mustachioed old Marshal Budenny to Bulganin and Khrushchev, Soloviev has written the livelier book.

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Lined up with Zhukov were Marshals Alexander Vasilevsky and Vasily Sokolovsky, present army chief of staff, while Stalin's old buddy, white-whiskered Marshal Budenny, was on hand to give a cavalry dash to the gathering.

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