Shelepin
Americannoun
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At 40, Shelepin was appointed by Khrushchev to head the dreaded KGB.
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After Nikita's ouster, Shelepin was rewarded with full Politburo membership and several key party jobs.
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He took the brunt of a barrage of umbrellas, milk cartons, bricks and Passover cookies, as the real Shelepin slipped into T.U.C. headquarters through the tradesmen's entrance.
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He's an active participant in the plot, along with Shelepin, Podgorny and others.
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But Shelepin, an extreme hardliner, is so wily that he cannot be discounted as a contender even if he is less powerful than before.
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