Shvernik
noun
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Nikolai
[nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1946–53.
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