Kuibyshev
Americannoun
noun
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During World War II the Soviet government was evacuated to Samara, then known as Kuibyshev after a Communist leader, when it looked like Moscow might fall into German hands.
From Washington Times • May 8, 2018
Nikolai Bukharin, who considered Pavlov indispensable, made the case for him: “I know that he does not sing the ‘Internationale,’ ” Bukharin wrote to Valerian Kuibyshev, the head of the state planning committee.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 17, 2014
Kuibyshev was deeply opposed to any state recognition.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 17, 2014
He spent about two months in the Soviet Union trying to get straight answers, first in Moscow, then, when German forces reached the outskirts of the city, in Kuibyshev, the temporary wartime capital.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2012
Born to a working-class family in Kuibyshev on the Volga, Ustinov made his career in the civilian arms industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
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