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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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That soured Nikita on Shelepin, who then began plotting against his former mentor.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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Actually, Shelepin has consistently praised Brezhnev not only for his "vast personal contribution" to economic and political cooperation with the West but also for his handling of key domestic issues.

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Among possible successors: Dmitry Poliansky, 44, a fast-rising Khrushchev prot�g� who toured the U.S. in 1960; Aleksandr Shelepin, 43, who came up through the Young Communist League and efficiently destalinized the secret police.

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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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