Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich

Japanese: モロトフ（英語表記）Molotov， Vyacheslav Mikhailovich

Born: March 9, 1890. Buyatka, Kukalka
[Died] November 8, 1986. Soviet politician in Moscow. Real name VMSkryabin. Entered Kazan Middle School in 1906 and joined the Bolsheviks in the same year. Arrested and exiled in 1909, released in 1911. Later studied at the Higher Industrial School in St. Petersburg and became a full-time organizer for the Bolsheviks. After the October Revolution in 1917, held various posts in local Communist organizations. In 1926, he was a member of the Politburo. From 1930 to 1941, he was Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Prime Minister). In May 1939, he also served as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, and in August of the same year, the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was signed. In May 1941, he became First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister when I. Stalin became Prime Minister. In 1949, he became the sole First Deputy Prime Minister. In 1953, he became First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in the GM Malenkov cabinet. He served as Stalin's loyal right-hand man, but after Stalin's death his prestige waned and he was forced to self-criticize in 1955 and resign as foreign minister in 1956. In June 1957 he was stripped of all his posts, including as a member of the party's central committee, and was appointed ambassador to Mongolia. In 1961, before the 22nd Party Congress, he sent a letter of opinion criticizing the new draft platform as revisionism, which led to his complete political downfall and led to him being retired. In 1964 it was revealed that he had been expelled from the party. He rejoined the party in 1984.

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Japanese:

[生]1890.3.9. ブヤトカ，クカルカ
[没]1986.11.8. モスクワ
ソ連の政治家。本名 V.M.Skryabin。 1906年カザン中学に入学，同年ボルシェビキに加入。 09年逮捕，流刑となり，11年釈放。その後ペテルブルグの高等工業学校に学び，ボルシェビキの常勤オルガナイザーとなった。 17年の十月革命後共産党の地方組織の種々のポストを歴任。 26年政治局員。 30～41年人民委員会議議長 (首相) 。 39年5月外務人民委員を兼ね，同年8月独ソ不可侵条約を締結。 41年5月 I.スターリンの首相就任に伴い第一副首相兼外相。 49年第一副首相専任。 53年 G.M.マレンコフ内閣の第一副首相兼外相。スターリンの忠実な片腕として活躍したが，スターリンの死後その威信も衰え，55年自己批判を余儀なくされ，56年外相を辞任。 57年6月党中央委員を含むすべてのポストを剥奪され，モンゴル大使に就任。 61年の第 22回党大会を前にして新綱領草案を修正主義と批判する意見書を送ったため，政治的に完全に失脚，年金生活に入った。 64年党籍剥奪が明らかになった。 84年に復党。

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