Arthur Harris and Fedor Gusev 1944 IWM D 20243

Fedor Tarasovich Gusev (

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: ''Фёдор Тарасович Гусев''; 29 April 1905 – 9 March 1987 in

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) was a

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diplomat.

Career

Gusev graduated in 1931 from Law Institute in Leningrad and in 1937 from Diplomatic Institute. Since 1935 he worked for the

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: * 1938–39: head of the 3rd Western Department * 1941: in the 2nd European Department * 1942–43: ambassador in Canada * 1943–46: ambassador in Great Britain * 1946–52: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union * 1956–62: ambassador in Sweden * later worked in the central apparatus of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, until 1975. Gusev took part in the

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and Potsdam Conferences as well as the

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. Between 1946 and 1950, he was also member of the

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Death

Gusev died on 9 March 1987 in Moscow, and was buried at

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Short biography
(in Russian)

(in Russian) 1905 births 1987 deaths Second convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Canada Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Sweden Deputy ministers of foreign affairs of the Soviet Union {{Soviet-bio-stub