Word: andreevitch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Busier was another Commissar last week, Andrey Andreevitch Andreev, recently appointed Commissar for Transportation. Fortnight ago he utilized his new powers by condemning four railwaymen of the Trans-Siberia Railway to death for criminal negligence (TIME, Jan. 11). Last week he attempted to counteract this unfortunate impression by announcing that a special de luxe train on the Trans-Siberia run will in future make the trip from Poland to Manchuria in seven days instead of eight. The good impression did not last. Three days later news got around of an accident even more dreadful than usual...
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