Voroshilov
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Kliment Efremovich 1881–1969, Soviet general: president of the Soviet Union 1953–60.
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former name of Ussuriisk.
noun
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But for ailing, aging former President Kliment Voroshilov, 80, previously accused of conspiring to purge half the army general staff, he pleaded forgiveness.
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Another top party member, Marshal Voroshilov, has been moved upstairs to the honorary job of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
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After some delay the Russians disclosed that Molotov was being advised by no lesser personages than Marshal Klimenti Voroshilov and onetime Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the U.S.
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Voroshilov made a second attempt to join his old comrades through a side door of the Mausoleum and was ejected by a plainclothesman.
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After the war, as the fortunes of Malenkov and Molotov fluctuated, and Voroshilov showed signs of age, the legend grew that Beria was the man closest to Stalin, his most trusted confidant and, protector.
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