Averky Aristov

Averky Aristov
Аверкий Аристов
Full member of the 19th, 20th Presidium
In office
29 June 1957 – 17 October 1961
In office
16 October 1952 – 14 March 1953
Member of the 19th, 20th Secretariat
In office
12 July 1955 – 14 October 1961
In office
16 October 1952 – 14 March 1953
Personal details
Born Averky Borisovich Aristov
22 October 1903
Krasny Yar, Russian Empire
Died 11 July 1973 (aged 69)
Vienna, Austria
Political party Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Alma mater Leningrad Metallurgical Institute
Profession Metallurgical engineer

Averky Borisovich Aristov (Russian: Аверкий Борисович Аристов) (22 October 1903 – 11 July 1973) was a Soviet politician and diplomat.

born at Krasny Yar in Astrakhan Governorate, 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 the Politburo in 1961, he became ambassador to Poland (1961–1971) and to Austria (1971–1973).

He was buried at the Novodevichi Cemetery, Moscow.

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