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nounSoviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953)
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- spain a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
- lena a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
- portugal a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
- eskimo a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
- steppe extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)
- siberian a native or inhabitant of Siberia
- siberian of or relating to or characteristic of Siberia or the Siberians
- rasputin Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)
- ob a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea
- inuit a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')