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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship(set)
Background
Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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Stepan Vasilievich Chervonenko Степан Васильевич Червоненко
Soviet ambassador for 24 years across the Sino-Soviet split, Prague Spring, and détente
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1915–2003
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Georgy Markovich Korniyenko Георгий Маркович Корниенко
Gromyko's point man on America who ran arms-control talks, opposed the Afghan invasion, and demanded truth over KAL 007
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1925–2006
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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
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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
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Eduard Ambrosiyevich Shevardnadze ედუარდ შევარდნაძე
The Soviet foreign minister who ended the Cold War, then led Georgia
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1928–2014
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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
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Boris Dmitrievich Pankin Борис Дмитриевич Панкин
The post-coup foreign minister of the collapsing Union
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1931–
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Alexander Alexandrovich Bessmertnykh Александр Александрович Бессмертных
The last regular Soviet foreign minister
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1933–
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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