Shvernik

[ shvair-nik; Russian shvyer-nyik ]

noun

1. Ni·ko·lai [nik, -, uh, -lahy, nyi-kuh-, lahy], 1888–1970, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1946–53.

Example Sentences

Serj Shvernik, Kharkov, Ukraine Although to onlookers it may seem fair enough I don't believe 'democracy' has ever had a place in our country.

From BBC

Since Khrushchev's overthrow in 1964, only two higher-echelon Soviet leaders have retired because of age: Anastas Mikoyan and Nikolai Shvernik.

From Time Magazine Archive

Along with the letter, Shvernik sent a resolution passed by the Supreme Soviet, in response to last month's resolution by the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a letter to President Truman, Russia's President Nikolai Shvernik proposed a five-power pact for disarmament and "for the strengthening of peace."

From Time Magazine Archive

Nikolai Shvernik, 82, loyal Stalinist and President of the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1954; in Moscow.

From Time Magazine Archive