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Shelepin

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[shuh-lep-in, shi-lye-pyin] / ʃəˈlɛp ɪn, ʃɪˈljɛ pjɪn /

noun

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


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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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At 40, Shelepin was appointed by Khrushchev to head the dreaded KGB.

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

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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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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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