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Soviet Union: Leading Personalities in the Soviet Union

1 Jan 1982

A file containing documents relating to leading personalities in the Soviet Union. Subjects covered in the file include the death of the second secretary of the communist party, Mikhail Suslov; the twenty-fifth anniversary of Andrei Gromyko's appointment as foreign minister; evidence for the rise to political prominence of Konstantin Chernenko; and the dismissal of the chairman of the Central Council of Trade Unions, Alexei Shibayev. Other subjects discussed in the file include the death of a deputy foreign minister, Igor' Zemskov; a poor impression made by the deputy foreign trade minister and son of the president, Yurii Brezhnev; biographical notes on the Soviet ambassador to Mongolia, Aleksandr Smirnov; the appointment of a new chairman of the Soviet Committee for State Security (K.G.B.), Vitalii Fedorchuk, and his rapid replacement by Viktor Cherbikov; and the death of the secretary of the praesidium of the Supreme Soviet, Mikhail Georgadze.
mongolia international relations politicians trade unions soviet union domestic politics deaths communist party of the soviet union Leonid Brezhnev Soviet press diplomatic officials Soviet politics Mongolian-Soviet relations Soviet armed forces Andrei Gromyko Soviet intelligence agencies Soviet Committee for State Security (K.G.B.) Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Anatolii Dobrynin Yurii Andropov Soviet government Mikhail Suslov Curtis Keeble Christopher Mallaby Nikolai Inozemtsev Konstantin Chernenko Igor' Zemskov Yurii Brezhnev Vitalii Fedorchuk

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Collection ID
FCO28
Copyright
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Countries
Mongolia
Department Reference
ENS 10/1
Document Type
Correspondence Memoranda Press and Media Reports
File Reference
FCO 28/5077
Identifier
10.1080/cwee.fco28.005077
Note
Documents or parts of documents in this file were retained under Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958. The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: The Times, 27.01.1982 The Times, 27.01.1982, Obituary: Mr Mikhail Suslov, Stalinist ideologue in the Kremlin.
Pages
106
Persons Discussed
Anatolii Dobrynin Andrei Gromyko Christopher Mallaby Curtis Keeble Igor' Zemskov Konstantin Chernenko Leonid Brezhnev Mikhail Suslov Nikolai Inozemtsev Vitalii Fedorchuk Yurii Andropov Yurii Brezhnev
Published in
United Kingdom
Subject Countries
Soviet Union
Themes
Domestic Politics International Relations

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