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Shvernik

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[shvair-nik, shvyer-nyik] / ˈʃvɛər nɪk, ˈʃvyɛr nyɪk /

noun

  1. Nikolai 1888–1970, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1946–53.


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Serj Shvernik, Kharkov, Ukraine Although to onlookers it may seem fair enough I don't believe 'democracy' has ever had a place in our country.

From BBC

Since Khrushchev's overthrow in 1964, only two higher-echelon Soviet leaders have retired because of age: Anastas Mikoyan and Nikolai Shvernik.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a letter to President Truman, Russia's President Nikolai Shvernik proposed a five-power pact for disarmament and "for the strengthening of peace."

From Time Magazine Archive

Along with the letter, Shvernik sent a resolution passed by the Supreme Soviet, in response to last month's resolution by the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nikolai Shvernik, 82, loyal Stalinist and President of the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1954; in Moscow.

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