Andrey Vyshinsky

Also known as Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky, Andrei Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky

Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat (1883-1954)

Key facts

Premier: Georgy Malenkov
Preceded by: Valerian Zorin
Succeeded by: Arkady Sobolev
Born: Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky , ( 1883-12-10 ) 10 December 1883, Odessa , Kherson Governorate , Russian Empire
Died: 22 November 1954 (1954-11-22) (aged 70), New York City , U.S.
Resting place: Kremlin Wall Necropolis , Moscow
Party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1920–1954)
Other political affiliations: RSDLP (Mensheviks) (1903–1920)
Profession: Jurist , diplomat , civil servant

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Instance of: human
Given name: Andreas
Gender: male
Citizenship: Soviet Union
Place of birth: Odesa
Place of death: New York City
Occupation: politician
Employer: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Political party: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
Languages spoken: Ukrainian
Award: Order of Lenin
Participant in: 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party
Academic degree: Doctor of Juridical Science
Field of work: scientist
Conflict: Eastern Front
Image: RIAN archive 7781 Vyshinsky.jpg

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member of: Russian Academy of Sciences
P12749: British Academy of Film and Television Arts
place of burial: Kremlin Wall Necropolis
Commons category: Andrey Vyshinsky
date of birth: 1883-11-28
date of death: 1954-11-22
name in native language: Андрей Януарьевич Вышинский
cause of death: myocardial infarction
manner of death: natural causes
professorship: full professor

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Encyclopedic overview

Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky (Russian: Андре́й Януа́рьевич Выши́нский; Polish: Andrzej Wyszyński) (10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1883 – 22 November 1954) was a Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat. He is best known as a state prosecutor of Joseph Stalin's Moscow Trials and in the Nuremberg trials. He was the Soviet Foreign Minister from 1949 to 1953, after having served as Deputy Foreign Minister under Vyacheslav Molotov since 1940. He also headed the Institute of State and Law in the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.

Biography

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