Word: anastase
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The captive boyars of the Politburo discussed literature, made policy, denounced colleagues and drank like fish to numb the fear of being led away at dawn. Often, Montefiore records, the dinner "sank to the level of a Neanderthal stag night." Stalin would get so drunk, Nikita Khrushchev remembered, that "he...
In 1956, when we were debating whether or not to use military force against the counterrevolution in Hungary, I had a sharp disagreement with another comrade, Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan, which caused me genuine sadness. Anastas Ivanovich and I were very close.
Anastas Ivanovich was quite agitated. He even threatened to do something to himself as a sign of protest -- I don't want to use his ominous words -- something about ending it all.
The younger Khrushchev's story not only sheds light on one of the century's great palace intrigues but also points up circumstantial parallels that may be viewed as cautionary by Gorbachev. Like Gorbachev, Khrushchev was a larger- than-life figure who, in attempting reforms that pale beside those being...
"Anastas Ivanovich has asked me to keep our conversation a secret," said Arzumanyan hesitantly. "But I can tell you. Various charges have been made against Nikita Sergeyevich. Everyone but Mikoyan has formed a single front. Khrushchev is accused of various sins: the unsatisfactory situation in agriculture, disrespectful treatment of members...