Word: biryukov
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that protects state and military secrets. Articles on drug addiction, prostitution and youth gangs are unveiling the darker side of Soviet society. Disasters such as mine accidents, floods and train crashes, once ignored by the press, are now routinely covered. "We are working on enthusiasm and adrenaline," says Dmitri Biryukov, 32, foreign editor of the weekly Ogonyok (Little Flame...
...stilted Izvestia. The official government newspaper is selling 8 million copies a day, up from 6.7 million two years ago, thanks to its transformation under Editor Ivan Laptev into a lively collage of reporting and commentary. "For Soviet readers, Izvestia is the most interesting newspaper around," says Ogonyok's Biryukov. In early August the paper published an interview with a military officer whose duty it is to push the launch button at a nuclear missile center. Never before had a Soviet publication reported in such detail on a missile site and the men who operate...
...building's kitchen was commandeered by Brezhnev's personal chef, Ivan Biryukov, who prepared meals carefully supervised by physicians from food flown in from Moscow. The Soviet leader even ate Biryukov's concoction-a kind of puree of cooked vegetables-at the official dinner. When Biryukov was not in the kitchen, it was kept locked and guarded...
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