Word: zarubin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Less than two hours later Georgi Zarubin, Soviet ambassador to London, arrived by plane...
...Ambassador. Georgi Nikolayevitch Zarubin had never been in Canada before, but he was no stranger to North America. As an engineer, he helped run the Soviet Exhibit at the New York World's Fair, then went home to head up the Kremlin's North American department. With him to Canada he brought his wife, their 14-year-old son Victor, six trunks, twelve suitcases and the 65-volume Soviet Encyclopedia (Moscow's official compendium of information about the U.S.S.R.). After the barest formalities he settled down to run Ottawa's Soviet Embassy. Under a Minister...