Word: rykov
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Revelation No. 4 came directly from the Secret Political Police. They announced they were putting on trial this week 21 Communists, most of whom have held official positions close to Joseph Stalin, big shots of Stalin's own party and inner clique. In equivalent U. S. terms. Defendant Rykov would be Jack Garner; Defendant Grinko-Secretary Morgenthau; Defendant Yagoda-Attorney General Cummings; Defendant Chernov- Secretary Wallace; Defendant Khodjaiev -Governor Lehman; Defendant Rakovsky-Ambassador Bullitt; Defendant Bukharin-Hugh Johnson; Defendant Levin -Dr. Alexis Carrel. "Terrific!" was Walter Duranty's adjective after studying the official charges against the 21. Correspondent...
...many to keep Quiet, it was soon learned that Comrade Mezhlauk had dropped some strong hints as to the next Moscow Old Bolshevik trial, intimating that the Ogpu's efforts to wring confessions are being "strenuously resisted" by the two star prisoners, onetime Soviet Premier Alexei Rykov and onetime Soviet No. 1 Editor Nikolai Bukharin, both finely bearded Old Bolsheviks. Smooth-shaven New Bolshevik Mezhlauk smoothly voiced indignation, but not at third-degree methods. "It is hard to imagine a more atrocious spectacle," said he, "than Bukharin and Rykov, who have betrayed the interests of the working class...
...Ivan." One day last week U. S. correspondents in Moscow were ushered in to the first interview ever given by the Grandpa President. They found him in a blue serge suit, old brown sweater and clean white shirt perched on the desk of Commissioner of Communications Alexei Rykov. "Well, well," chuckled Grandpa Kalinin accepting and lighting a U. S. cigaret, "I have never been so close to so many American newspapermen before...
...Michail Ivanovich," prompted Commissar Rykov, "tell us about...
...Michail Ivanovich," jogged Commissar Rykov, "about the Second Five-Year Plan...