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Vishinsky

American  
[vi-shin-skee, vi-shin-skyee] / vɪˈʃɪn ski, vɪˈʃɪn skji /
Or Vyshinsky

noun

  1. Andrei Yanuarievich 1883–1954, Soviet statesman.


Vishinsky British  
/ viˈʃinskij /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of (Andrei Yanuaryevich) Vyshinsky

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Vishinsky, a sharp lawyer, produced a huge law study, ostensibly aimed at "strengthening Soviet legality," actually a justification of his method of basing cases on confessions alone.

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At Lake Success last week, after weeks of tedious arguments, Russia's Andrei Vishinsky added a new twist to the choreography.

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Vishinsky is now only deputy minister and chief representative at U.N.

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In the same week Pravda published an old Lenin memorandum addressed to ex-Premier Alexei Rykov. a leading defendant in the trials, around whose "individual confession" Vishinsky had built a web of guilt.

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Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge marched up to Russia's Andrei Vishinsky and said: "If you don't take Hammarskjold, we'll continue Lie's term."

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