Word: dmitry
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...jockeying amongst each other for position and in the next week or so, the Kremlin will have a new leader. The choices range from younger, more worldly candidates like Mikhail Gorbaschev to the more conservative Konstantin Chernenko and Grigory V. Romanov, but speculation also includes the hawkish Defense Minister Dmitri F. Ustinov, who seems singlehandedly to have masterminded much of Russia's military buildup Further, Ustinov is one of the major power-brokers in the Politburo and is likely to influence heavily the choice of Andropov's successor. Although it would be wrong to overstate the United States' influence...
...push to invigorate the leadership by promoting somewhat younger, discipline-minded technocrats serves the interests of Andropov supporters in the military and security services, even if such key backers as Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov, 75, and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, 74, may want to postpone the transfer of power to a younger generation. But Andropov's evident frailty could prevent the kind of firm leadership that would keep his country from drifting aimlessly both at home and abroad. Said a U.S. Kremlin watcher: "You cannot run Russia from your bed, and the Soviet leaders, sooner or later, have...
...troika. They are Andrei Gromyko, 74, who has been Foreign Minister since 1957, and Dmitri Ustinov, 75, the Defense Minister who appears to have backed Andropov in his bid for power after Brezhnev's death. Ustinov's rising prominence suggests that the Soviet Union under Andropov is becoming still more militarized. Brezhnev took his country far in that direction, but Andropov appears to be even closer to the Soviet military than his predecessor...
...Supreme Soviet, would hold its semi-annual meeting on Dec. 28. The Communist Party's Central Committee will probably hold a closed-door session one or two days earlier. Both are gatherings that Andropov would normally chair. Deepening the mystery, the Kremlin disclosed that Soviet Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov, 75, would visit Bulgaria this month, a trip that Andropov had postponed last October. The news was bound to increase speculation that if Andropov is unable to continue in office, Ustinov might replace him either as Communist Party leader or as President...
...Johnston Gate sculpture has been designed by Dmitri Hadzi, Studio Professor of VES. For the MBTA murals, artist Gyorgi Kepes has designed a stained-glass mural with an estimated 100-foot length, and Joyce Koslov has planned a ceramic mural...