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...Soviet delegation to the U.N. Though Vishinsky was not on hand, his first deputy, Semen Tsarapkin, was, and he obviously tried his best to seem pleased with
...Semen A. Lavochkin, 51, rumpled, plodding builder of the LA series of Red fighters (the initials, as in all Russian planes, come from the designer's name). Son of a rabbi, he learned his trade for ten years, got his big chance after the late '30s purges, finally hit pay dirt in 1943 with his light, highly maneuverable LA5 ("The wooden savior of Stalingrad"). Now working on long-range, single-jet escort fighters (LA-17) and twin-jet night fighters...
...blueprints on the manufacture of synthetic Buna-S rubber. This, the jubilant Russians told him, was worth "two or three brigades of men." Later, when Abe grumbled that his work for the U.S.S.R. was not appreciated, Gold introduced him to the chief Russian spy. His name: Semen Semenov. Spy Semenov's cover-up was a job with Amtorg in New York but Gold told Brothman that the Russian had come directly from the U.S.S.R. to thank him. Abe called this "one of the most wonderful experiences of my life," said Gold...
Muscovites may have been slightly surprised last week to see Marshal Semen Budenny canter across the cobbles of Red Square on a chestnut stallion. He took the place of honor on the 33rd anniversary celebration of the Bolshevik revolution...
...Amtorg Trading Corp. employee named Semen M. Semenov was Gold's first boss; after being handed the RDX sample, he told the Philadelphian to forget Slack for "a very important assignment"-getting atomic information from Fuchs. From then on, Gold had reported to Anatoli Antonovich Yakovlev, Soviet vice consul in New York...