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Shcherbakov

American  
[sher-buh-kawf, -kof, shchyir-buh-kawf] / ˈʃɛr bəˌkɔf, -ˌkɒf, ʃtʃjɪr bʌˈkɔf /

noun

  1. a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.


Shcherbakov British  
/ ʃtʃɪrbaˈkɔf /

noun

  1. a former name (from the Revolution until 1957) of Rybinsk

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Shcherbakov had praised the original Leningrad production of “Lady Macbeth” in a letter to Stalin.

From New York Times Oct. 6, 2022

When Stalin exited the Bolshoi performance of the opera in disgust, Kerzhentsev launched an arrow at his rival Alexander Shcherbakov, the first secretary of the Union of Soviet Writers.

From New York Times Oct. 6, 2022

Online news agency BelaPAN had been unable to contact either Irina Levshyna or one of its reporters, Zakhar Shcherbakov, the association said.

From Reuters Aug. 18, 2021

Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Shcherbakov claimed that "there could be turmoil in the whole world."

From Time Magazine Archive

When Alexander Sergeevich Shcherbakov died in 1945, officially of a "heart attack," he held at least seven important posts, and had presumably a great future.

From Time Magazine Archive

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