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Shelepin

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[shuh-lep-in, shi-lye-pyin] / ʃəˈlɛp ɪn, ʃɪˈlyɛ pyɪn /

noun

  1. Alexandr Nikolayevich 1918–1994, Soviet government official.


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"Shelepin said that you got your doctor-of-science degree without defending it."

From Time Magazine Archive

According to one scenario, Shelepin was caught organizing a faction that would have seized power when the ailing Brezhnev retired or died.

From Time Magazine Archive

After Nikita's ouster, Shelepin was rewarded with full Politburo membership and several key party jobs.

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The outcry actually began last February when news leaked out that Shelepin would head a Soviet delegation invited by Britain's Trades Union Congress.

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Scarcely a month before, another Presidium luminary, Aleksandr Shelepin, had breezed into Cairo to reassure Nasser that the new brass would honor Nikita's commitment for $280 million in credit to fuel Egypt's new five-year plan.

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