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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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Shelepin hastily summoned reporters to Prestwick Airport as he prepared to leave.

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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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Thus did Alexander Nikolayevich Shelepin, the Kremlin's star ascendant of the 1950s and '60s, plummet last week into the particular oblivion reserved for disgraced Soviet leaders.

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

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