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'''Andrei Andreyevitch Gromyko''' (&#1040;&#1085;&#1076;&#1088;&#1077;&#769;&#1081; &#1040;&#1085;&#1076;&#1088;&#1077;&#769;&#1077;&#1074;&#1080;&#1095; &#1043;&#1088;&#1086;&#1084;&#1099;&#769;&#1082;&#1086;) ([[July 5]], [[1909]] &ndash; [[July 2]], [[1989]]) was a foreign minister and [[president of the Soviet Union|President]] of the [[Soviet Union]].

Gromyko entered the foreign department in [[1939]] after [[Stalin]]'s purges in the section responsible for the [[Americas]].  He was soon sent to the [[United States]] and worked in the Soviet embassy there until [[1943]] when he was appointed the Soviet ambassador to the United States.  He played an important role in coordinating the wartime alliance between the two nations and was prominent at events such as the [[Yalta Conference]].  He became known as an expert negotiator. In the West Mr. Gromyko received very appropriate nickname - Mr. NIET (Mr. No). 

In [[1946]] he became the USSR's representative on the [[United Nations]] Security Council.  He served briefly as the ambassador to the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1952]]-[[1953]] and then returned to the Soviet Union, where he served as foreign minister for 28 years. In [[1973]] he entered the [[Politburo]] and continued to rise, eventually becoming President of the USSR in [[1985]].  He was forced out three years later, however, because of his conservative views.  He died in [[Moscow]] a year later.

[[Category:Russian politicians]]

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