Vyacheslav Molotov
Also known as Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov, Vyacheslav Mixaylovich Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov
Soviet politician, statesman and diplomat (1890–1986)
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Vyacheslav Molotov was a prominent Soviet politician and diplomat who served in key government positions throughout much of the 20th century, including as Foreign Minister during World War II and the Cold War. His long career makes him an important figure in understanding Soviet history and international relations during the communist era.
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- Born
- 1890
- Died
- 1986
- Works
- 229
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- L'Union Soviétique et le problème de l'allemagne
- Food for all
- Soviet foreign policy
- The third five-year plan for the national-economic development of the U.S.S.R.
- The fulfilment of the first Five Year Plan
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Acting · Kukarka, Yaranskiy uyezd, Vyatskaya governorate, Russian Empire
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov ((OS 25 February) 9 March 1890 – 8 November 1986) was a Russian politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s onward. He served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars from 1930 to 1941 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1939 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1956. Description above from the Wikipedia…
Known for
- Life of a Shock Force Worker — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
- Stalin and the Katyn Massacre — Self (archive footage)2020
- The Hitler–Stalin Pact — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2019
- Korea: The Never-Ending War — Self (archive footage)2019
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Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov (né Skryabin; 9 March [O.S. 25 February] 1890 – 8 November 1986) was a Soviet politician, diplomat, and revolutionary. He was one of Joseph Stalin's closest allies and one of the most prominent figures in the Soviet government during his rule. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars from 1930 to 1941, he held office as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1939 to 1949 and again from 1953 to 1956. His name is the namesake of the Molotov cocktail.
An Old Bolshevik, Molotov joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1906 and was arrested and internally exiled twice before the October Revolution of 1917. He briefly headed the party's Secretariat before supporting Stalin's rise to power in the 1920s, becoming one of his closest associates. Molotov was made a full member of the Politburo in 1926 and became premier in 1930, overseeing Stalin's agricultural collectivisation (and resulting famine) and his Great Purge. Following his appointment as Foreign Minister in 1939, he signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact which led to the Soviet Union's joint occupation of Poland alongside Nazi Germany and its ensuing annexation of the Baltic states. During World War II, he became deputy chairman of the State Defence Committee as well as Stalin's main negotiator with the Allies. Upon the war's end in 1945, he began to lose favour, losing his ministership in 1948 before being criticised by Stalin at the 19th Party Congress in 1952.
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