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Word: zhorka (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1955-1955
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...Stalin's historic stroke. The religious knelt to pray. Others sang joyously. "A 'political expectation' spread through Vorkuta," says Konrad Michailowski, onetime major in the German 16th tank division, who arrived in the camp in 1950. "Everyone thought that Malenkov, whom they called 'Uncle Zhorka,' would change things. Things didn't change and Vorkuta became ripe for trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Vorkuta | 1/24/1955 | See Source »

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