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Word: berdichev (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...previously unreported exploits by Brezhnev. During the Kiev campaign in 1943, New Times reported, he took the place of a machine gunner who had been killed and rallied the defenders to beat off a German attack. On another occasion, he led an assault on a German barracks near Berdichev-against the wishes of a superior officer who had ordered him to leave the area. "My place is wherever the situation requires it," Brezhnev is reported to have said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Heroic Exploits | 3/20/1972 | See Source »

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