Vladimir Semyonovich Semyonov

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Vladimir Semenovich Semyonov (Russian: Владимир Семёнович Семёнов) (born in 1911, near Kirsanov, Tambov Oblast - died in 1992, Moscow) was a Soviet diplomat and famous for his military administrating in Eastern Germany during the Soviet occupation after the World War II. He was instrumental in the creation of East Germany, and served as the first Soviet ambassador to East Germany.

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  • 1938 Semyonov was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MID) headed by Molotov after the Great Purge when all Jewish diplomats were executed or expelled.
  • 1939-1940 - an advisor of Soviet Plenipotentiary Representation in Lithuania
  • 1940—1941 — a counsellor of the Soviet Embassy in Nazi Germany
  • 1941—1942 — an executive of the 3-rd European Department of the MID
  • 1942—1945 — a counsellor of the Soviet Mission in Sweden
  • 1945—1946 — a deputy of the a Political Counsellor of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany
  • 1946—1949 — a Political Counsellor of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany
  • 1949—1953 — a Political Counsellor of the Soviet Control Committee in Germany
  • 1953 — an Executive of the 3-rd 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 East Germany;
  • 1954—1955 — an Executive of the 3-rd European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • 1955—1978 — a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 1978—1986 — USSR ambassodor to West Germany