Georgy Pushkin

Georgy Pushkin

politicians walk in snow, past an honour guard with rifles

Pushkin with Wilhelm Pieck, Berlin, 1949
Native name Георгий Максимович Пушкин
Born Georgy Maksilovich Pushkin
Occupation diplomat

Georgy Pushkin, sometimes known as Georgi Pushkin or Grigori Pushkin, (Russian: Георгий Максимович Пушкин, tr. Georgy Maksilovich Pushkin; 1909–1963[1]) was an ambassador of the Soviet Union.

He served as ambassador to Hungary beginning in March 1948.[2][3]

He was ambassador to East Germany.[4]

In 1961, he held the office of Deputy Foreign Minister[5] and was the Soviet delegate to the International Conference on the Settlement of the Laotian Question.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://d-nb.info/gnd/134132661
  2. ↑ "Pushkin Appointed Hungarian Envoy". The Evening Independent (St. Petersburg, Florida). 1948-03-29. Retrieved 2013-12-17. Grigori Pushkin has been appointed Soviet ambassador to Hungary, announced today [...]
  3. ↑ "Requests Stolen By Convict". The Palm Beach Post. 1949-10-21. Retrieved 2013-12-17. Pushkin was replaced as Soviet ambassador in Hungary last June, his handiwork of a "peoples' [OCR error] complete.
  4. ↑ "Russia Shifts Boom Pushkin In Red Ranks". Deseret News. 1952-09-24. Retrieved 2013-12-17. Pushkin, former Russian ambassador to East Germany, has succeeded [...]
  5. ↑ "Steps to restore peace". The Hindu. 1961-04-11. Retrieved 2013-12-17. The British Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Sir Frank Roberts, had talks with the Soviet Far East expert, Mr. Georgi Pushkin, Deputy Foreign Minister, in Moscow on April 10.
  6. ↑ "Russia: The Three Horses". Time. 1961-06-16. Retrieved 2013-12-17. (subscription required (help)). Why not? smiled Soviet Delegate Georgy Pushkin to the U.S.'s W. Averell Harriman at the Laos peace talks last week.

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