Ivan Vasilyevich Arkhipov (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич Архи́пов;
Kaluga, –
Moscow
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, 28 February 1998) was a Soviet and Russian statesman who was
First Deputy of the
Council of Ministers
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from 1980 to 1986.
In 1950 Stalin sent him as an economic adviser to China, where he spent much of the next 10 years.
[Julian Gewirtz, ''Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China'' p. 128]
Honours and awards
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Hero of Socialist Labour (1977)
* Five
Orders of Lenin
The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...
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Order of the October Revolution
The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...
, twice
References
1907 births
1997 deaths
People from Kaluga
People from Kaluzhsky Uyezd
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
People's commissars and ministers of the Soviet Union
Ninth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
Tenth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
Eleventh convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
Russian communists
Soviet expatriates in China
Heroes of Socialist Labour
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
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