hr ush chev ' s ▁famous ▁quote ▁" We ▁will ▁b ury ▁you ", ▁among ▁others . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁Su kh od rev ▁was ▁the ▁deput y ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Department ▁for ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Canada ▁at ▁the ▁Soviet ▁M FA . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁he ▁p enn ed ▁the ▁mem oir ▁book ▁Y az yk ▁moy ▁– ▁drug ▁moy ▁( My ▁T ong ue ▁is ▁My ▁Friend ). ▁ ▁During ▁a ▁career ▁of ▁nearly ▁thirty ▁years , ▁Su kh od rev ▁was ▁present ▁at ▁numerous ▁high - profile ▁summ its ▁and ▁deal - m ak ings . ▁Richard ▁N ixon ▁called ▁Su kh od rev ▁" a ▁super b ▁lingu ist ▁who ▁spoke ▁English ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁he ▁did ▁Russian ", ▁while ▁Henry ▁K iss inger ▁called ▁him ▁" un f la pp able " ▁and ▁a ▁" spl end id ▁interpreter ". ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁International ▁Her ald ▁Trib une , ▁" S uk hod rev ▁was ▁present ▁but ▁not ▁present , ▁empty ing ▁himself ▁of ▁e go , ▁sli pping ▁into ▁the ▁skin ▁of ▁the ▁man ▁who ▁was ▁speaking , ▁feeling ▁his ▁feelings , ▁saying ▁his ▁words ". ▁ ▁Soviet ▁and ▁U . S . ▁officials ▁al ike ▁considered ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁best ▁interpreter ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁between ▁Russian ▁and ▁English ▁and ▁he ▁would ▁sometimes ▁be ▁the ▁only ▁interpreter ▁at ▁bil ater al ▁meet ings . ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁very ▁good ▁understanding ▁of ▁id iom atic ▁expressions ▁in ▁English