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Bulganin

American  
[bool-gah-nin, -gan-in, bool-gah-nyin] / bʊlˈgɑ nɪn, -ˈgæn ɪn, bulˈgɑ nyɪn /

noun

  1. Nikolai Aleksandrovich 1895–1975, Soviet political leader: premier 1955–58.


Bulganin British  
/ bulˈɡanin /

noun

  1. Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1895–1975, Soviet statesman and military leader; chairman of the council of ministers (1955–58)

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A summit to de-escalate Cold War tensions was planned the following month in Geneva with President Dwight Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and the prime ministers of Great Britain and France.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2023

When Maidanek, the first of the Nazi concentration camps liberated by the Soviets, was taken over in July 1944, Lieutenant General Nikolai Bulganin insisted that journalists be brought in.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2021

Nikolai Bulganin and the other Russians nodded in predictable agreement.

From Time • Oct. 10, 2017

Their marriage – her third – came in 1955 after a whirlwind romance, with Rostropovich sweeping her off her feet, even though she was also being courted by the Soviet premier, Marshal Nikolai Bulganin.

From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2012

The amount of ink was attributable to the fact that Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin paid a surprise visit to a garden party held in Moscow for the American chess team.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady