Anastas Mikoyan
Statesman, Politician
1895 – 1978
Who was Anastas Mikoyan?
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan was an Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the mandates of Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev. Dubbed the Vicar of Bray of politics, he was the only Soviet politician who managed to remain at the highest levels of power within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, as that power oscillated between the Central Committee and the Politburo, from the latter days of Lenin's rule, throughout the eras of Stalin and Khrushchev, until his peaceful retirement after the first months of Brezhnev's rule.
Mikoyan became an early convert to the Bolshevik cause. Mikoyan was a strong supporter of Stalin during the immediate post-Lenin years. During Stalin's rule, Mikoyan held several high governmental posts, including that of Minister of Foreign Trade. By the end of Stalin's rule Mikoyan was starting to lose favour with him, and in 1949, Mikoyan lost his long-standing post of foreign trade minister. At the 19th Party Congress Stalin even attacked Mikoyan viciously. When Stalin died in 1953, Mikoyan again took a leading role in policy-making. He backed Khrushchev and his de-Stalinization policy, and became First Deputy Premier under Khrushchev.
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- Born
- Nov 25, 1895
Sanahin - Also known as
- Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Ashkhen Mikoyan
( - 1962)
- Ashkhen Mikoyan
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Ethnicity
- Armenians in Russia
- Nationality
- Armenia
- Soviet Union
- Profession
- Died
- Oct 21, 1978
Moscow - Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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