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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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He's an active participant in the plot, along with Shelepin, Podgorny and others.

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Brezhnev, Podgorny, Shelepin -- they're completely different people.

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

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The key figures who ousted my father were not Shelepin and Ignatov but Brezhnev with Podgorny, who had more than once in conversations with other members of the Presidium touched on the subject of relations with Khrushchev.

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One, the relatively youthful Alexander Shelepin, 58, was dismissed from the Politburo almost two years ago and has not been heard of since.

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