Signature. Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov [a] ( Bulgarian and Russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Мо́лотов) ( né Skryabin; [b] 9 March [ O. S. 25 February] 1890 – 8 November 1986) was a Russian and later Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s onward.
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Signature. Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov [a] ( Bulgarian and Russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Мо́лотов) ( né Skryabin; [b] 9 March [ O. S. 25 February] 1890 – 8 November 1986) was a Russian and later Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s onward.
Molotov was the Soviet foreign minister in 1939 when he authorized the illegal Soviet invasion of Finland during the early days of World War II, thus starting the Russo-Finnish War. Molotov, skilled in propaganda, referred to the cluster bombs dropped by the Soviets on Finland as “food parcels” for starving Finns.
V yacheslav Molotov was the closest friend and loyal aide of Joseph Stalin (1879–1953; see entry) throughout Stalin's reign as leader of the Soviet Union. Won over to communism as a teenager, Molotov never strayed from the strict party line and always viewed Stalin's policies, however terror-filled, as correct.
(1880 – 1986), Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician, often regarded as Stalin's chief lieutenant. Vyacheslav Molotov was born at Kukarka, Nolinsk district, Vyatka province, on March 9, 1880. His father was the manager of the village store.
On March 9, 1890, Vyacheslav Molotov, one of the key figures in Soviet history, was born. A hardline Bolshevik loyal to Stalin, Molotov led a long and turbulent life. Here’s what you should...
Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov ( Russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Мо́лотов; March 9 [ O.S. February 25] 1890 in Kukarka – November 8, 1986 in Moscow) was a Soviet politician and diplomat. He was a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he came to power.
Vyacheslav Molotov, the son of middle-class parents, was born in Kukarka, Russia, on February 25, 1890. He was sent to Kazan to be educated and while there met a group of students who introduced him to the ideas of Karl Marx.