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Word: dallgow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...student. Only flying seemed to interest the short (5 ft. 3 in.), slim, red-haired youth, and in 1941 he finally got his wings. In the air Vasily won the reputation of a daredevil pilot; during the postwar years, he occupied a lavish, heavily guarded 30-room villa at Dallgow, near Potsdam, earned notoriety as caring only for drink and women. Partial to cruel practical jokes, he enjoyed rousing high-ranking officials in the middle of the night, barking ''This is Stalin," and demanding some special privilege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: My Son! My Son! | 4/27/1962 | See Source »

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