Vladimir Semenovich Semyonov (russian: Владимир Семёнович Семёнов; 16 February 1911, Kirsanovsky Uyezd, Russia – 18 December 1992,

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, Germany) was a

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diplomat and famous for his military administration in Eastern Germany during the Soviet occupation after

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. He was instrumental in the creation of GDR, and served as the first Soviet ambassador to

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Carrier of Soviet diplomat

* 1939 – employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MID) * 1939–1940 – advisor of Soviet Plenipotentiary Representation in Lithuania * 1940–1941 – counsellor of the Soviet Embassy in

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* 1941–1942 – executive of the Third European Department of the MID * 1942–1945 – counsellor of the Soviet Mission in Sweden * 1945–1946 – deputy of the a Political Counsellor of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany * 1946–1949 – Political Counsellor of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany * 1949–1953 – Political Counsellor of the Soviet Control Committee in Germany * 1953 — Senior Executive, Deputy Chief, Chief of the Third European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, member of Ministry Board of the MID. * 1953–1954 – Chief Commissar of USSR in Germany and an ambassador to the GDR; * 1954–1955 – Executive of the Third European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs * 1955–1978 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs * 1968–1978 – Chief of the Soviet delegation at the Soviet-American negotiations on reduction of strategic weapons in Helsinki, Vienna, Geneva. Prepared the 1973 SALT-1 and 1978 SALT-2 Treaties for signing by General Secretaries Leonid Brezhnev and Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. * 1978–1986 – USSR ambassador to

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* 1986–1991 – Foreign Ministry Ambassador at Large, Counsellor to the Foreign Minister

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Semyonov, Vladimir 1911 births 1992 deaths People from Tambov Oblast People from Kirsanovsky Uyezd Moscow State University alumni Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union candidate members Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Soviet Union) Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to East Germany Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to West Germany Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples