Averky Aristov

Averky Borisovich Aristov (Russian: Аверкий Борисович Аристов) ( 22 October 1903 in Krasny Yar, Astrakhan Oblast) — 11 July 1973) was a Soviet politician and diplomat.

He was the son of a fisherman, working for a fishery during 1912 - 1919. In 1919 he joined the Komsomol and 1921 he became a member of the Bolshevik Party. He was a member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee from 1952 until 1953 and from 1957 until 1961. Dismissed from Politburo in 1961, he became ambassador to Poland (1961-1971) and to Austria (1971-1973).

He was buried at the Novodevichi Cemetery, Moscow.

References

Michel Tatu: Macht und Ohnmacht im Kreml, Edition Grasset and Ullstein, 1967 and 1968, Paris and Frankfurt/M
Merle Fainsod: Wie Russland regiert wird; Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1965
Wolfgang Leonhard: Chruschtschows große Säuberung in der Welt v. 24. 02. 1961 out Open Society Archives – OSA

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Name	Aristov, Averky
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Date of birth	22 October 1903
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Date of death	1973
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