Shcherbakov
Americannoun
noun
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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
Shcherbakov had praised the original Leningrad production of “Lady Macbeth” in a letter to Stalin.
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
Too busy now to give it close personal attention, he is represented in its management by 43-year-old Alexander Sergeevich Shcherbakov, head of the Soviet Information Bureau, member of the all-powerful Politburo.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Kremlin itself now insisted�seven years after one death, four after the other�that both Shcherbakov and Zhdanov were murdered.
From Time Magazine Archive
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