Word: muzhik
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Like Voronov, Stalin liked cannon. This was no new-fangled weapon: the gun was strong and dependable, like the Russian muzhik who handled it. The cannon, Stalin said, is "the god of war." Voronov made a good high priest. Beginning in 1938, he began to call at the Kremlin to make personal reports to Stalin. When Voronov needed help to put his ideas across, he now knew where to look...