Vladimir Mikhailovich Vinogradov

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Vladimir Vinogradov (L) with the President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser, Cairo, 1970. Photo from: * [1]

Vladimir Michaylovich Vinogradov (born 1921 in Vinnitsa, Ukraine) is one of the prominent Soviet diplomats in the second half of the 20th century.

In 1945 received his first higher education in Moscow becoming an engineer - technologist. In 1948 graduated the All-Union Academy of Foreign Trade. After finishing his studies he was appointed assistant to the commercial representative of the USSR in London. Four years later Vinogradov returned to Moscow to work in the central apparatus of the Ministry of Trade. For the next 10 years he was the Deputy Chief of the Department of Commerce dealing with western countries.

In 1962-66 Vinogradov was the ambassador of the USSR in Japan.

In 1970 - 74 - Ambassador in Egypt.

At the beginning of 1975, Vinogradov acted as the initiator of a rapprochement between the USSR and Jordan.

From February 1977 until April 1982 Vinogradov was the ambassador of the USSR in Iran.

After returning from Iran, Vinogradov was appointed to the post of Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russia (in the structure of the USSR). He held this post for eight years, continuing actively to participate in Soviet policy in the Middle East.

In 1990 Vinogradov finished his diplomatic career. But after his retirement he did not lose interest in the Middle East. In 1992 this ex-Minister headed the Russian Committee of Public Organizations on Assistance to the Arab-Israeli settlement. Through this structure many informal contacts of Moscow with political figures of the countries of the Middle East were carried out in the 1990s. Vinogradov participated in them very actively, from time to time advising diplomats of the official position of post-Soviet Russia on various regional questions.