Andrey Smirnov (diplomat)

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Andrey Andreyevich Smirnov (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Смирнов), (born 1905, died
1982), was a Soviet career diplomat.[1]

Smirnov graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Planning in 1934, and joined the People's
Commissariat of Foreign Affairs in 1936. From 1940 until diplomatic relations were broken
off with Nazi Germany on 22 June 1941, he was an adviser at the Embassy of the USSR in
Germany.[1]

He was appointed as Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Iran on 28 June 1941, awarded the
diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on 14 June 1943, and
served in Tehran until 1 September 1943.[1]

At the conclusion of his mission to Iran, he returned to Moscow and worked in the European
Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was promoted to Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs in 1946, and held this position under 1949. On 31 March 1956, he began his
mission as Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Austria, serving in Vienna only until 14
October 1956.[1]

He began his mission as Ambassador of the Soviet Union to West Germany on 14 October
1956, and held the post for 10 years, until 19 May 1966. At the expiration of his mission to
Bonn, he was appointed as Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Turkey on 19 May 1966, and
served in the Turkish capital Ankara until 6 January 1969.[1]

At the conclusion of his mission to Turkey, he returned to Moscow as the Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and also served as Chairman of the USSR Commission for UNESCO from
1970 — 1973.[1]

[edit] References
1. ^ a b c d e f "Смирнов Андрей Андреевич". Справочник по истории Коммунистической
партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. http://www.knowbysight.info/SSS/03562.asp.
Retrieved on 2009-03-12. (Archived at WebCite)

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