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Word: mironovich (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov, pudgy, cagey head of the Russian Communist Party's Agitprop (Agitation & Propaganda) Committee, is generally regarded as the heir-apparent to Dictator Stalin's job. He became next in line when a bullet removed the original runner-up, Stalin's "Dear Friend" Sergei Mironovich Kirov. The idea that Heir-Apparent Zhdanov can have a personal opinion about anything not shared by the Kremlin would make even dour Comrade Stalin laugh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Personal Opinion | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

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