Averky Borisovich Aristov (russian: Аверкий Борисович Аристов) (4 November 1903 – 11 July 1973) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

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and diplomat.

Biography

Born at Krasny Yar in

Astrakhan Governorate The Astrakhan Governorate () was an Imperial, Republican, and Soviet Russian administrative division (), which existed from 1717 – 1929. Created from separating the southwestern part of the Kazan Governorate, by Peter I's Reform in 1717. And ...

, he was the son of a fisherman, working for a fishery during 1912 - 1919. In 1919 he joined the Komsomol and 1921 he became a member of the Russian Communist Party (b). He was a member of the

Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (, abbreviated: ), or Politburo ( rus, Политбюро, p=pəlʲɪtbʲʊˈro) was the highest policy-making authority within the Communist Party of the ...

from 1952 until 1953 and from 1957 until 1961. Dismissed from the Politburo in 1961, he became ambassador to

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

(1961–1971) and to

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(1971–1973). He was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery,

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References

* Michel Tatu: ''Macht und Ohnmacht im Kreml'', Edition Grasset and Ullstein, 1967 and 1968, Paris and Frankfurt/M * Merle Fainsod: ''Wie Russland regiert wird''; Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1965 * Wolfgang Leonhard:
Chruschtschows große Säuberung in der Welt
' v. 24. 02. 1961 via Blinken Open Society Archives {{DEFAULTSORT:Aristov, Averky 1903 births 1973 deaths People from Astrakhan Oblast People from Astrakhan Governorate Bolsheviks Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Austria Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Poland Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery

Biography

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