Search Details

Word: bolshakov (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Despite their docility when it came to voting, in speeches the delegates distributed "Soviet selfcriticism" with a generous hand. Even Finance Minister A. G. Zverev, who presented the budget, was accused of "laxity" and told to "give more attention to finances." Cinema Minister I. G. Bolshakov was blamed for a 23-million-ruble loss in the first eight months of 1946 and for making "unsuccessful pictures which cannot be shown." Fisheries Minister A. A. Ishkov and his assistants were told to "put their business in order." The Ministry of Light Industry was attacked for producing only 37.9% of the stockings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: From War to Preparedness | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

| 1 |