Fedor Tarasovich Gusev

Gusev, right, in Soviet diplomatic uniform, presents Sir Arthur Harris with the Order of Suvarov in London, 16 May 1944

Fedor Tarasovich Gusev (Russian: Фёдор Тарасович Гусев) (1905 - 1987 in Moscow) was a Soviet diplomat.

Gusev graduated in 1931 from Law Institute in Leningrad and in 1937 from Diplomatic Institute. Since 1935 he worked for the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

• 1938-39: head of the 3rd Western Department
• 1941-41: in the 2nd European Department
• 1942-43: ambassador in Canada
• 1943-46: ambassador in Great Britain
• 1946-52: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
• 1956-62: ambassador in Sweden
• later worked in the central apparatus of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, until 1975.

Gusev took part in the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam Conference. Between 1946-50 he was also member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

External links

• Short biography (in Russian)
• Soviet and Russian ambassadors in Great Britain (in Russian)