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With his neatly trimmed mustache, pursed lips and pince-nez spectacles, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov seemed the embodiment of "the best filing clerk in Russia," as Revolutionary Leader Vladimir Lenin once called him. But his bland appearance, which led one British diplomat to compare him to a "refrigerator when the lights have gone out," was deceptive. In a political and diplomatic career that spanned the first four decades of Soviet history, Molotov earned the sobriquets "Old Stone Bottom" and "Mr. Iron Pants" from those who witnessed his legendary staying power at the negotiating table. Before his death...
...fatal shooting in East Germany in March of U.S. Army Major Arthur Nicholson by a Soviet sentry and over Moscow's refusal to accept blame for the incident. As a result, there was a preponderance of East bloc officials at the ceremonies. Along with the Soviet veterans came Vyacheslav Kochemasov, Moscow's Ambassador to East Germany, and General Mikhail Zaitsev, commander of Soviet forces there. General Yuri Naumenko read a message from Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who described the first Elbe meeting as "the symbol of hope and friendship" and called on veterans and young people to "prevent the fire...
REINSTATED. Vyacheslav Molotov, 94, onetime Soviet Premier and Foreign Minister under Joseph Stalin who negotiated the infamous Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact of 1939; to membership in the Communist Party, from which he was dropped in 1962; in Moscow. Molotov was dismissed from the party five years after losing his post-Stalin leadership positions, allegedly for belonging to a group seeking the overthrow of Party Boss Nikita Khrushchev...
...ought to behave. If the complaint is deemed too trivial-anxiety, or mild depression-a patient may be told not to come back at all. Hypnosis is often used by doctors to encourage healthier behavior, like trying to get an alcoholic to stop drinking. Says Dr. Vyacheslav Kotov, chief doctor-psychiatrist for the city of Moscow: "A psychiatrist should understand his patient, but only up to a certain point. He doesn't have to turn his brains inside out in an effort to understand the patient fully...
...success could have reconfirmed the Bolshoi's stature, boosted morale and quieted the critics. His dancers certainly won their share of bravos: his wife Natalya Bessmertnova, Godunov before his departure, and the young ballerina Lyudmila Semenyaka. In particular, audiences took to their hearts the husband-wife team of Vyacheslav Gordeyev and Nadezhda Pavlova. But Grigorovich's choreography only came in for more lumps. Then there were the defections. Grigorovich returned to Moscow more embattled than ever. He is well connected in the bureaucracy, but his company faces stricter KGB surveillance and curtailed foreign travel...