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Podgorny

American  
[pod-gawr-nee, puhd-gawr-nee] / pɒdˈgɔr ni, pʌdˈgɔr ni /

noun

  1. Nikolai Viktorovich 1903–83, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1965–77.


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Joi Podgorny is former vice president at ModSquad, which provides content moderation to a range of marquee clients, from the State Department to the NFL.

From The Verge • Apr. 13, 2016

Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny, 68, will probably stay on.

From Time Magazine Archive

The couples, together with Kissinger, Kosygin and Podgorny, watched the performance from a flag-draped box at the rear of the theater, and during the intermission gathered for a light buffet.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, Nixon and Podgorny were making strained small talk about Russian ballet rather than discussing the Middle East or nuclear-arms control.

From Time Magazine Archive

Officially, power remains in the hands of the "collective leadership" that succeeded Khrushchev—a collegium whose key figures all along have been Brezhnev, Premier Aleksei Kosygin, 66, and President Nikolai Podgorny, 67.

From Time Magazine Archive

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