Petro Platonovich Udovychenko () (17 February 1914 in

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– 29 May 1992 in

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) he was Ukrainian politician,

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Candidate of science in History,

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, Academician of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine,

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, Minister of Education of the Ukrainian SSR.

Education

Petro Udovychenko graduated from the Pedagogical Institute of Novomoskovsk (1934), Faculty of History; Higher Party School of the Central Committee (1944);

(1947).

Professional career and experience

1934-1939 – he worked as a teacher at the school

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. 1939-1941 – he was Director Tarnopolsky Teachers College. Since 1941 he worked on the state and party work. Since 1944 he worked in the Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR. Since 1947 he lectured at

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. 1948-1952 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR. 1952-1956 – Associate Professor of International Relations and Foreign Policy of the Ukrainian SSR. 1956-1958 – he worked as a Vice-Rector for

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. March 24, 1958 - 1961 – he was permanent representative of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to the United Nations. 1961-1967 – he headed of Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of the

. 1967-197 – Minister of Education of the Ukrainian SSR. 1971-1984 – he was Acting professor of the history of international relations and foreign policy of the

Author

* "History of Ukrainian SSR Foreign Policy 1919-1922" (1957).Z istoriï zovnishn'oï polityky URSR, 1919-1922 rr by Petro Platonovych Udovychenko
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Diplomatic rank

References

External links

Handbook of the history of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898 - 1991

UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICIAL RECORDS THIRTY-NINTH YEAR 2542nd MEETING: 25 MAY 1984 NEW YORK

Diplomacy in the Former Soviet Republics James P. Nichol Greenwood Publishing Group, 1.01.1995 - 244.

Ukraine's U.N. Mission celebrates 40th anniversary

Гай-Нижник П. Удовиченко Петро Платонович // Тернопільський Енциклопедичний Словник. – Тернопіль: ВАТ ТВПК “Збруч”, 2009. – Т.4 (додатковий). А–Я. – С.644.
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