Shvernik
Americannoun
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Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik, Secretary since 1930 of the Ail-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, is a big man in his home country, a great man for telling Soviet workmen a thing or two.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Her softly modulated voice was saved for private Kremlin chats with Chairman of the Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet Nikolai Shvernik and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Vishinsky.
From Time Magazine Archive
Theatergoers stood up to cheer when they saw Trade Union Chief Shvernik steer him into a box to watch a performance of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wanted to meet, let's see now, oh yes, here it is, Leonid Shvernik, of the Mikoyan Camera works.
From Revolution by Reynolds, Mack
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