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Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich

    Date of birth:
    March 9th, 1890 (Kukarka/Vyatka Governorate, Russia)
    Date of death:
    November 8th, 1986 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
    Buried on:
    Novodevitsji Cemetery
    Nationality:
    Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

    Biography

    Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (16 August 1942 - 29 June 1957), People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs (3 May 1939 - 15 March 1946), Deputy Chairman of the State Defense Committee, member of Stavka, and envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    March 8th, 1940
    Orden Lenina (1936-1943)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    September 30th, 1943
    For special merits for the Soviet state in de development of the tank industry during the Great Patriotic War.

    Serial number 79.
    Medal
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    September 30th, 1943
    Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    May 1st, 1944
    Medal
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    May 9th, 1945
    Medal
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    June 6th, 1945
    Medal
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    November 5th, 1945
    Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
    Awarded on:
    March 8th, 1950
    Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
    Awarded on:
    October 30th, 1954
    Orden Znak Pocheta

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