Ivan Ilyichev
Diplomat, Deceased Person
1905 – 1983
Who was Ivan Ilyichev?
Ivan Ivanovich Ilyichev, was a Soviet military official, and in later life a diplomat.
Ilyichev joined the Russian Communist Party in 1925, and went on to serve in the Red Army. He studied at the V.I. Lenin Military-Political Academy until May 1938, and after graduation he became the head of the Political Directorate of the Red Army Intelligence, as a Brigade Commissar. During the German-Soviet War from August 1942 until July 1945 he was the Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
After the War, he joined the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 1949—1952 he was the deputy political adviser to the Soviet Control Commission in Germany. He served in the diplomatic mission of the Soviet Union to East Germany as its head for several months over the period 1952—1953.
After his posting to East Berlin was completed, he was posted to Vienna, first as political adviser to the Soviet Control Commission in Austria, and until 13 June as Soviet Supreme Commissar. From 13 June 1953 to 31 March 1956 Ilyichev was Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Austria, with the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
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