Vishinsky

American

[vi-shin-skee, vi-shin-skyee] / vɪˈʃɪn ski, vɪˈʃɪn skyi /

Or Vyshinsky

noun

Andrei Yanuarievich 1883–1954, Soviet statesman.

Vishinsky British

/ viˈʃinskij /

noun

a variant spelling of (Andrei Yanuaryevich) Vyshinsky

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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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They appeared a craven lot: Vishinsky: What appraisal should be given to the articles and statements you wrote in 1933, in which you expressed loyalty to the party?

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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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The Israeli minister in Moscow was summoned before Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky and handed an angry note.

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Eighteen months ago Andrei Vishinsky, the man who knew the answer to all these conjectures, died in the New York headquarters of the Soviet U.N. delegation.

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