V. M. Molotov
| Vyacheslav Molotov Вячеслав Молотов |
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| Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union | |
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In office 19 December 1930 – 6 May 1941 |
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| Preceded by | Alexei Rykov |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Stalin |
| First Deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union | |
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In office 16 August 1942 – 29 June 1957 |
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| Premier |
Joseph Stalin Georgy Malenkov Nikolai Bulganin |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Voznesensky |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Bulganin |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 3 May 1939 – 4 March 1949 |
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| Premier | Joseph Stalin |
| Preceded by | Maxim Litvinov |
| Succeeded by | Andrey Vyshinsky |
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In office 5 March 1953 – 1 June 1956 |
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| Premier |
Georgy Malenkov Nikolai Bulganin |
| Preceded by | Andrey Vyshinsky |
| Succeeded by | Dmitri Shepilov |
| Responsible Secretary of the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik) | |
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In office March 1921 – April 1922 |
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| Preceded by | Nikolay Krestinsky |
| Succeeded by |
Joseph Stalin (as general secretary) |
| Full member of the 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th Presidium | |
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In office 1 January 1926 – 29 June 1957 |
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| Candidate member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th Politburo | |
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In office 16 March 1921 – 1 January 1926 |
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| Full member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th Secretariat | |
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In office 16 March 1921 – 21 December 1930 |
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| Full member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th Orgburo | |
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In office 16 March 1921 – 21 December 1930 |
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| Personal details | |
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Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin 9 March 1890 Kukarka, Russian Empire |
| Died | 8 November 1986 (aged 96) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Spouse(s) | Polina Zhemchuzhina |
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Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (/ˈmɒləˌtɔːfˌ-ˌtɒf, ˈmoʊlə-ˌˈmɔː-/;Russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Мо́лотов; IPA: [vʲɪt͡ɕɪˈslaf mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈmolətəf]; 9 March [O.S. 25 February] 1890 – 8 November 1986) was a Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin. Molotov served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Premier) from 1930 to 1941, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1939 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1956. He served as First Deputy Premier from 1942 to 1957, when he was dismissed from the Presidium of the Central Committee by Nikita Khrushchev. Molotov retired in 1961 after several years of obscurity.
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