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Arkady Shevchenko, Ukrainian diplomat (born 1930)

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Arkady Shevchenko

Soviet diplomat and defector to the West

Arkady Nikolayevich Shevchenko was a Soviet diplomat who was the highest-ranking Soviet official to defect to the West.
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February 28

Day of the year

February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 306 days remain until the end of the year.
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