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Vyacheslav Molotov

1890 - 1986

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Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov (né Skryabin; 9 March [O.S. 25 February] 1890 – 8 November 1986) was a Soviet politician, diplomat, and revolutionary who was a leading figure in the government of the Soviet Union from the 1920s to the 1950s, as one of Joseph Stalin's closest allies. Molotov served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (head of government) from 1930 to 1941, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1939 to 1949 during the era of the Second World War, and again from 1953 to 1956. An Old Bolshevik, Molotov joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1906 and was arrested and internally exiled twice before the October Revolution of 1917. He briefly headed the party's Secretariat before supporting Stalin's rise to power in the 1920s, becoming one of his closest associates. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vyacheslav Molotov is the 390th most popular politician (down from 317th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 44th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Politician.

Vyacheslav Molotov was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as the Soviet Union's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1939 to 1949. He is most famous for negotiating the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vyacheslav Molotov ranks 390 out of 19,576. Before him are Artaxerxes II of Persia, Klemens von Metternich, Raúl Castro, Yitzhak Rabin, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Rudolf Höss. After him are Peter III of Russia, Charles I of Anjou, Peisistratos, Olof Palme, Bahadur Shah Zafar, and Ashurbanipal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Vyacheslav Molotov ranks 6. Before him are Charles de Gaulle, Ho Chi Minh, Agatha Christie, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Lawrence Bragg. After him are Friedrich Paulus, Boris Pasternak, H. P. Lovecraft, Egon Schiele, Alfred Jodl, and Karel Čapek. Among people deceased in 1986, Vyacheslav Molotov ranks 4. Before him are Simone de Beauvoir, Jorge Luis Borges, and Wallis Simpson. After him are Olof Palme, Andrei Tarkovsky, Cary Grant, Mircea Eliade, Tenzing Norgay, Jiddu Krishnamurti, James Rainwater, and Robert S. Mulliken.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vyacheslav Molotov ranks 42 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), Georgy Zhukov (1896), Nicholas I of Russia (1796), Alexander I of Russia (1777), and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844). After him are Boris Pasternak (1890), Elizabeth of Russia (1709), Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901), E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776), Modest Mussorgsky (1839), and Vladimir Nabokov (1899).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Vyacheslav Molotov ranks 17. Before him are Alexander II of Russia (1818), Alexander III of Russia (1845), Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Georgy Zhukov (1896), Nicholas I of Russia (1796), and Alexander I of Russia (1777). After him are Elizabeth of Russia (1709), Paul I of Russia (1754), Georgy Malenkov (1902), Alexander Kerensky (1881), Rurik (830), and Frederick I of Prussia (1657).

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