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Andrei Vishinsky

Andrey Vyshinsky
Андре́й Выши́нский
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Andrey Vyshinsky in 1950
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 March 1949 – 5 March 1953
Premier Joseph Stalin
Preceded by Vyacheslav Molotov
Succeeded by Vyacheslav Molotov
Procurator General of the Soviet Union
In office
3 March 1935 – 31 May 1939
Premier Vyacheslav Molotov
Preceded by Ivan Akulov
Succeeded by Mikhail Pankratov
Procurator General of the Russian SFSR
In office
11 May 1931 – 25 May 1934
Premier Vyacheslav Molotov
Preceded by Nikolai Krylenko
Succeeded by Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko
Candidate member of the 19th Presidium
In office
16 October 1952 – 6 March 1953
Personal details
Born Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky
(1883-12-10)10 December 1883
Odessa, Russian Empire
Died 22 November 1954(1954-11-22) (aged 70)
New York City, New York, United States
Nationality Soviet
Political party Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Profession Lawyer, diplomat, civil servant
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Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky (Russian: Андре́й Януа́рьевич Выши́нский, Andrej Yanuar'evič Vyšinskij; Polish: Andrzej Wyszyński) (10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1883 – 22 November 1954) was a Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat.

He is 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 Soviet Academy of Sciences.

Vyshinsky was born in Odessa into a Polish Catholic family, who later moved to Baku. His father, Yanuarii Vyshinsky (January Wyszyński), as his earlier biographies state, was a "well-prospering" "experienced inspector" (Russian: Ревизор), while his later, undocumented Stalin-era biographies such as "The Great Soviet Encyclopedia" (Russian: Большая советская энциклопедия, Bolshaya sovetskaya entsiklopediya) make him a pharmaceutical chemist. A talented student, he married Kara Mikhailova, and became interested in revolutionary ideas. He began attending the Kiev University but was expelled for participating in revolutionary activities.


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