Vyacheslav Molotov

Geboren 9. März 1890 · Kukarka, Yaranskiy uyezd, Vyatskaya governorate, Russian Empire

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov ((OS 25 February) 9 March 1890 – 8 November 1986) was a Russian politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s onward. He served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars from 1930 to 1941 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1939 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1956.