Voroshilov

[ vawr-uh-shee-luhf; Russian vuh-ruh-shi-luhf ]

noun

1. Kli·ment E·fre·mo·vich [klyi-, myent, yi-, frye, -m, uh, -vyich], 1881–1969, Soviet general: president of the Soviet Union 1953–60.
2. former name of Ussuriisk.

Voroshilov

/ vərəˈʃiləf /

noun

1. VoroshilovKliment Yefremovich18811969MRussianPOLITICS: military leaderPOLITICS: statesman Kliment Yefremovich (ˈklimɪnt jɪˈfrjɛməvitʃ). 1881–1969, Soviet military leader; president of the Soviet Union (1953–60)

Example Sentences

Zhelezyankov’s education in the Voroshilov chemical defence academy enabled his rise from a regional party worker to the ranks of the Soviet elite.

From The Guardian

For a few moments, it must have seemed to those in the room—not just Svetlana but also Lavrenty Beria, the chief of secret police; Nikita Khrushchev, Stalin's ultimate successor; and Stalin's henchmen, among them Malenkov, Molotov, Voroshilov—as if the dictator were casting a final curse.

From Slate

Why did it matter for political purposes that the writer Maxim Gorky should be depicted taking lessons on the rifle range from Marshal Voroshilov, the commissar of war?

From Time Magazine Archive

At the Voroshilov General Staff Academy in Moscow, where senior officers play war games on huge maps, an instructor stressed that for the past two years, the scenarios have $ always begun with the other side shooting first.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1960 he succeeded Marshal Kliment Voroshilov in the post of Soviet President.

From Time Magazine Archive