Anatoly Dobrynin
Oxford Dictionary of Political Biography:
Top
Anatoly Fedorovich Dobrynin
(b. 16 Nov. 1919) Russian; Soviet ambassador to the United States 1961 – 85 Dobrynin joined the Soviet diplomatic corps in 1946 and his first posting abroad was to the UN secretariat, where he worked from 1957 to 1960. From February 1960 to December 1961 he was head of the American Department of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There followed a post as Soviet ambassador to the United States, where he remained until 1986. Dobrynin played an important role in the Cuban Missile Crisis. His abilities were recognized by the Soviet leadership, which made him a candidate member of the Politburo in 1966, and full member in 1971. Dobrynin's career continued to prosper after 1985 under Gorbachev. In 1986 he played a pivotal role in the formulation of Soviet foreign policy when he was made secretary of the International Department of the Central Committee. This was the first time that Dobrynin had served in the party apparatus, and his appointment represented the relatively low priority which Gorbachev placed on ideology in foreign policy. Dobrynin retired from the Central Committee at the end of 1988, but continued as adviser to the presidency.
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
Anatoly Dobrynin
Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin (Russian: Анатолий Фёдорович Добрынин, November 16, 1919 – April 6, 2010) was a Russian statesman and a former Soviet diplomat and politician. He was Soviet Ambassador to the United States, serving from 1962 to 1986 and most notably during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was appointed by Nikita Khrushchev.
|
Contents
|
Early life
Dobrynin was born in the village of Krasnaya Gorka, near Mozhaisk in the Moscow Oblast. His father was a locksmith. He attended the Moscow Aviation Institute and after graduation went to work for the Yakovlev Design Bureau. He entered the Higher Diplomatic School in 1944 and graduated with distinction.
Diplomatic career
Dobrynin joined the Soviet Diplomatic Service working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Training Division. He later joined the Secretariat of the ministry working for Molotov, Shepilov, Gromyko and Zorin. He was appointed Deputy Secretary-General at the United Nations in 1957 and returned to Moscow as head of the Soviet Foreign Ministry's North America Department in 1959. Dobrynin was appointed Soviet Ambassador to the USA in 1962.
Anatoly Dobrynin had the unique experience of serving as Soviet Ambassador to the US during the terms of six US Presidents (Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan). The Cold War rivalry made his position one of the key elements in Soviet-US global geopolitical dialogue.
After his long term as Ambassador to the United States, he returned to Moscow in 1986, joining the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and leading the International Department of the CPSU Central Committee for two years.
He attended the December 1989 Malta Summit that formally marked the end of the Cold War. He was given the honorary rank of Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1992.
His book, In Confidence: Moscow's Ambassador to Six Cold War Presidents, was published in 1995. (It was last reprinted in 2001 as ISBN 0-295-98081-8.)
Dobrynin died in Moscow on April 6, 2010. In a telegram to Dobrynin's family, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid tribute to Dobrynin, stating:
«Anatoly Dobrynin, a talented and memorable figure, professional of the highest calibre and legend of Russian diplomacy has left us. His name is associated with a whole epoch in Russian and global foreign policy.There can be no overestimating Anatoly Dobrynin’s personal contribution to resolving the Cuban missile crisis and normalising Soviet-American relations.
His outstanding abilities as a negotiator and analyst earned him the respect of both colleagues and opponents, and his goodwill, deep knowledge and wealth of life experience won him the respect and liking of everyone around him.»[1]
Honours and awards
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.
- Hero of Socialist Labour
- Five Orders of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of Honour (18 August 2009) - for his great contribution to the foreign policy of the Russian Federation and many years of diplomatic service
- Honored Worker of the Diplomatic Service of the Russian Federation
- Honorary Doctor of the Diplomatic Academy of Russia
References
- ^ "Dmitry Medvedev expressed his condolences over the death of diplomat Anatoly Dobrynin". Presidential Press and Information Office. 8 April 2010. http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/17#sel=2:1,4:38. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anatoly Dobrynin |
- CNN Cold War – Interviews: Anatoly Dobrynin
- Anatoly Dobrynin - Daily Telegraph obituary
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Oxford Dictionary of Political Biography
A Dictionary of Political Biography. Copyright © 1998, 2003 by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Read more
Mentioned in
Cuban Missile Crisis
(American history)
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
(American history)
Cuba, Relations with
(American history)
» More