Word: nikolai
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nikolai Gogol, Letter on Jerusalem...
...DIED. Nikolai Kamanin, 73, Soviet air hero who piloted a flimsy two-seat biplane in 1934 to help rescue 50 members of an Arctic expedition and who 26 years later, as an air force general, became the first commander of the Soviet Union's cosmonauts; after a "grave illness"; in Moscow...
...best argument for a freeze is simply the acceleration of the arms race itself Attitudes are hardening on both sides. The American Administration refused to even consider modifying its plans to build thousand of new nuclear weapons during the next decade And, in a recent official pamphlet. Marshall Nikolai V. Orgakov, the highest-ranking officer in the Soviet military, vowed that the Soviets will keep pace with the United States no matter what the cost...
...Kremlinologists scrutinized the lineup of Politburo members waiting to greet Poland's General Wojciech Jaruzelski, they noticed a subtle, but possibly important, change. Konstantin Chernenko, 70, a burly, longtime crony of Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev's, occupied the No. 3 position in the receiving line. Only Premier Nikolai Tikhonov, whose presence was required by protocol, stood closer to the ailing Soviet leader. The white-maned Chernenko's commanding position set off speculation that he had won a round or two in the behind-the-scenes struggle to succeed the 75-year-old Brezhnev. At the same time...
Indeed, the Soviets are eager to have the meeting demonstrate that the crisis over Poland has passed. In a conciliatory speech, Premier Nikolai Tikhonov said last week, "The Soviet Union is not seeking confrontation. We are doing everything we can to direct the course of events into constructive dialogue." Haig, mindful of appearing soft on the issue of Polish repression, de-emphasized the talks by saying he would attend only one day of meetings, not the planned two. He also told aides that he would deflect questions of a summit meeting soon between Reagan and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev...