Vyacheslav Molotov (born February 25 [March 9, New Style], 1890, Kukarka [now Sovetsk], Russia—died November 8, 1986, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a statesman and diplomat who served as foreign minister and the major spokesman for the Soviet Union at Allied conferences during and immediately after World War II.
Oct 23, 2024
This is a list of foreign ministers of the Soviet Union. No. Portrait, Name (Birth–Death), Term, Cabinet. Took office, Left office, Duration.
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In office 15 February 1957 – 2 July 1985 | |
Premier | Nikolai Bulganin Nikita Khrushchev Alexei Kosygin Nikolai Tikhonov |
Preceded by | Dmitri Shepilov |
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In 1922, Stalin became General Secretary of the Bolshevik Party with Molotov as the de facto Second Secretary. As a young follower, Molotov admired Stalin but did not refrain from criticising him. Under Stalin's patronage, Molotov became a full member of the Politburo in January 1926.
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No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Cabinet |
1 | Georgy Chicherin (1872–1936) | Lenin II Rykov I–II–III–IV–V |
2 | Maxim Litvinov (1876–1951) | Molotov I–II–III–IV |
3 | Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986) | Molotov IV Stalin I–II |
As foreign minister from 1939, Molotov signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany, and during the Second World War was deputy chairman of the State ...
Vyacheslav Molotov was, most notably, the Soviet commissar of foreign affairs. Molotov negotiated the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (1939), and mutual aid ...
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (1890-1986), Soviet statesman and diplomat was a major spokesman for the Soviet government during and immediately after World ...
Soviet politician Vyacheslav Molotov is second from right. To his right is Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel.
Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, Soviet Foreign Minister until 1949; Foreign Minister, March 1953–1956; member of the Politburo (Presidium, from October 1952) ...
Oct 29, 2023 · Molotov became the Commissar of Foreign Affairs in 1939 and played a pivotal role in Allied Forces conferences during and after World War II.
On May 3, 1939, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin fired Foreign Minister Maksim Litvinov, who was Jewish and an advocate of collective security, and replaced him with ...
To Stalin's right is the Soviet foreign minister, Vyachevslav Molotov. After the war, disputes between the Soviet Union and the Western democracies, ...
