Nikolay Nikolayevich Inozemtsev (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Инозе́мцев: April 4, 1921 – August 12, 1982) was a Soviet

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, historian and

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. He is best remembered as a former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the

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daily newspaper ''

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'' and as Director of the prestigious

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Biography

Early years

He was born in

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Career

Inozemtsev joined the All-Union Communist Party in 1943.Aleksandr Mikhaïlovich Prokhorov
"Nikolai Nikolaevich Inozemtsev,"
''Great Soviet Encyclopedia.'' Third edition. New York: Collier Macmillan, 1979. He was a participant in the

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, serving from 1941 to 1945 and earning four decorations, twice receiving the Order of the Red Star."Nikolai Inozemtsev (1921-1982),"
Institute of World Economy and International Relations, www.imemo.ru/ In 1949 Inozemtszev graduated from the

Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an institute of ...

."Obituaries: Nikolai Inozemtsev, Reputed Kremlin Aide,"
''New York Times,'' August 15, 1982. He was Deputy Chairman of

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, the Soviet State Planning Commission. From 1959 to 1961 he was deputy director of the

. He was a member of the editorial board of the journal '' Kommunist'' and in 1961 he became Deputy Editor in Chief of ''

'', where he remained for five years, departing in May 1966 to return as Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. Inozemtsev was elected to the

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in 1968. Inozemtsev was a recipient of the

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. The

26th Congress of the CPSU The 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (''26th Congress of the CPSU'', rus, XXVI съезд КПСС) opened on February 23, 1981, with a five-hour address by the General Secretary of the Communist Party and the chairman ( ...

in 1981 elected Inozemtsev to membership on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He remained in that capacity until the time of his death.

Death and legacy

Nikolai Inozemtsev died August 12, 1982, in Moscow, aged 61.

Footnotes

Works

* ''Amerikanskii imperializm i germanskii vopros (1945–1954 gg.)'' (American Imperialism and the German Question (1945-1954). Moscow, 1954. * ''Vneshniaia politika SShA v epokhu imperializma'' (Foreign Policy of the US in the Epoch of Imperialism). Moscow, 1960. * ''Sovremennyi kapitalizm: Novye iavleniia i protivorechiia'' (Contemporary Capitalism: New Developments and Contradictions). New, Moscow, 1972. * "Kursom ekonimicheskoi integratsii" (The Course of Economic Integration). ''Planovoe Khozyaistvoe 8'' * "Koordinatsiya narodnokhozyaistvennykh planov stranchlenov SEV: Novye problemy y zadachi", ''Planovoe Khozyaistvoe 10.''

External links

"Nikolai Inozemtsev (1921-1982),"
Institute of World Economy and International Relations, www.imemo.ru/ —In Russian, includes photo. {{DEFAULTSORT:Inozemtsev, Nikolay Nikiplayevich 1921 births 1982 deaths 20th-century Russian diarists 20th-century Russian historians Writers from Moscow Candidates of the Central Committee of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Candidates of the Central Committee of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Members of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni Ninth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Tenth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Recipients of the USSR State Prize Marxian economists Russian economists Russian historians Russian male journalists Soviet diarists Soviet economists Soviet historians Soviet journalists World War II spies for the Soviet Union Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery