"We will bury you" (Russian: «Мы вас похороним!», romanized: "My vas pokhoronim!") is a phrase that was used by Soviet First (formerly General) Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the USSR, while addressing Western ambassadors at a reception at the Polish embassy in Moscow on November 18, 1956.[1][2] The phrase was originally translated into English by Khrushchev's personal interpreter Viktor Sukhodrev.[3] The phrase was received very negatively by contemporary Western audiences, but modern translators have suggested the phrase was mistranslated.
- ^ ""We Will Bury You!"". Time. November 26, 1956. Archived from the original on January 24, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ "Khrushchev Tirade Again Irks Envoys", The New York Times, November 19, 1956, p. 1.
- ^ Умер личный переводчик Хрущева и Брежнева Виктор Суходрев. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). May 16, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014.