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Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin Георгий Васильевич Чичерин The first foreign commissar who translated the revolution into diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1872–1936
Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai Александра Михайловна Коллонтай The first woman cabinet minister, who made women's liberation the revolution's business Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1872–1952
Vladimir Petrovich Potemkin Владимир Петрович Потёмкин The diplomat who pronounced Poland dead, then became education commissar Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1874–1946
Solomon Abramovich Lozovsky Соломон Абрамович Лозовский The Bolshevik who led the Profintern and was shot with the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1878–1952
Serafima Ilyinichna Gopner Серафима Ильинична Гопнер First woman to lead the Ukrainian Bolshevik party; delegate to all seven Comintern congresses Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1880–1966
Yakov Zakharovich Surits Яков Захарович Суриц From Menshevik to the Soviet Union's longest-serving ambassador: a revolutionary diplomat who crossed six postings from Kabul to Rio Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1882–1952
Alexander Antonovich Troyanovsky Александр Антонович Трояновский From tsarist artillery officer to Stalin's first ambassador to Washington: a Russian nobleman who crossed revolution and diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1882–1955
Adolph Abramovich Joffe Адольф Абрамович Иоффе Chair of the Soviet delegation at Brest-Litovsk and Trotsky's longest-standing comrade Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1883–1927
Lev Borisovich Kamenev Лев Борисович Каменев The party’s licensed voice of caution: his warnings outlived him Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1883–1936
Ivan Mikhailovich Maisky Иван Михайлович Майский From Menshevik to Soviet envoy to the British Empire: a convert and survivor who stood at the center of world-war diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1884–1975
Pyotr Lazarevich Voykov Пётр Лазаревич Войков Bolshevik diplomat who took part in the decision to execute Nicholas II: gunned down in Warsaw Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1927
Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin Николай Иванович Бухарин The “favourite of the whole party,” killed in its name Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1888–1938
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov Вячеслав Михайлович Молотов “Stone-arse”: the man who never changed his mind Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1986
Fyodor Fyodorovich Raskolnikov Фёдор Фёдорович Раскольников From Volga flotilla commander to exile critic: the diplomat who wrote Stalin an open letter Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1939
Grigory Naumovich Voitinsky Григорий Наумович Войтинский The Comintern's first envoy who midwifed the Chinese Communist Party Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1893–1953
Georgy Alexandrovich Astakhov Георгий Александрович Астахов The Soviet chargé d'affaires in Berlin who opened the secret channel to the Nazi-Soviet pact Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1942
Georgy Nikolayevich Zarubin Георгий Николаевич Зарубин The Soviet diplomat who represented Moscow in all three major Western Allied capitals during the early Cold War Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1958
Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif Павел Александрович Миф Comintern China specialist who cultivated the 28 Bolsheviks Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1901–1938
Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov Василий Васильевич Кузнецов Three-time interim head of state and Gromyko's First Deputy for 22 years Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1990
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Umansky Константин Александрович Уманский From TASS correspondent to youngest ambassador in Washington. The sharp, combative face of Stalin's wartime diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1945
Mikhail Alexeyevich Menshikov Михаил Алексеевич Меньшиков Trade-and-diplomacy official sacked by Stalin over bananas, then returned as a Cold War ambassador under Khrushchev Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1976
Valerian Aleksandrovich Zorin Валериан Александрович Зорин The Soviet Cold War diplomat who denied the Cuban missiles at the UN Security Council Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1986
Arkady Alexandrovich Sobolev Аркадий Александрович Соболев Soviet diplomat who co-drafted the UN Charter, the Soviet face at the UN through the early Cold War Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1964
Nikolai Vasilyevich Novikov Николай Васильевич Новиков Soviet diplomat whose Novikov Telegram answered Kennan's Long Telegram, framing US policy as imperialist expansion Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1989
Fyodor Tarasovich Gusev Фёдор Тарасович Гусев Soviet diplomat who shuttled between the Big Three wartime summits as Molotov's deputy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1905–1987
Yakov Aleksandrovich Malik Яков Александрович Малик The Soviet UN diplomat who enabled Korean War intervention by boycott, and then proposed the armistice Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1906–1980
Alexander Mikhailovich Puzanov Александр Михайлович Пузанов The RSFSR premier who opposed the Crimea transfer and silently let Kim Il Sung consolidate one-man rule Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1906–1998
Georgy Maksimovich Pushkin Георгий Максимович Пушкин The Soviet diplomat who warned Khrushchev about Berlin Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1963
Vladimir Semyonovich Semyonov Владимир Семёнович Семёнов Four-decade architect of Soviet German policy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1992
Alexander Ivanovich Alexeyev Александр Иванович Алексеев KGB officer turned first Soviet ambassador to Cuba who won Castro's trust and warned Khrushchev against the missile deployment Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1913–2001
Valentin Mikhailovich Berezhkov Валентин Михайлович Бережков Stalin's personal interpreter at Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam who became the Soviet Union's leading Americanist Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1998
Andrei Mikhailovich Alexandrov-Agentov Андрей Михайлович Александров-Агентов The foreign-policy aide who served four Soviet General Secretaries Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1993
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Kochemasov Вячеслав Иванович Кочемасов The last Soviet ambassador to watch the GDR dissolve Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1998
Oleg Alexandrovich Troyanovsky Олег Александрович Трояновский From Stalin's interpreter to UN ambassador, the Soviet diplomat who weathered Cold War crises with wit Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1919–2003
Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin Анатолий Фёдорович Добрынин The ambassador whose 24 years in Washington made him the hidden circuit of Soviet–American diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1919–2010
Vladimir Mikhailovich Vinogradov Владимир Михайлович Виноградов Soviet Middle East diplomat who witnessed the 1973 war and the Iranian Revolution from inside Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1921–1997
Anatoly Sergeyevich Chernyaev Анатолий Сергеевич Черняев Gorbachev's pen and conscience: architect of New Thinking diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1921–2017
Valentin Mikhailovich Falin Валентин Михайлович Фалин The Soviet Union's foremost Germany expert who opposed Gorbachev's concessions during reunification negotiations Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1926–2018
Viktor Pavlovich Karpov Виктор Павлович Карпов The face of Soviet arms control diplomacy across SALT, INF, and START Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–1997
Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Юлий Михайлович Воронцов The arms-control negotiator who secured the INF Treaty and managed the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2007
Yuri Vladimirovich Dubinin Юрий Владимирович Дубинин Soviet ambassador who personified perestroika diplomacy in Washington during the Gorbachev era Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2013
Alexander Alexandrovich Bessmertnykh Александр Александрович Бессмертных The last regular Soviet foreign minister Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–
Yuli Alexandrovich Kvitsinsky Юлий Александрович Квицинский Gromyko protégé and arms negotiator remembered for the "Walk in the Woods" Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2010
Pavel Ruslanovich Palazhchenko Павел Русланович Палажченко The interpreter who mediated summit diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1949–