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Vyacheslav Molotov(1890-1986)

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Vyacheslav Molotov
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Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov (1890 - 8 November 1986) was a Russian politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s onward. He served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars from 1930 to 1941 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1939 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1956.
BornMarch 9, 1890
DiedNovember 8, 1986(96)
BornMarch 9, 1890
DiedNovember 8, 1986(96)
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Known for

Krymskaya konferentsiya
7.1
  • Self
  • 1945
Velikoye proshchaniye (1953)
Velikoye proshchaniye
5.4
  • Self
  • 1953
Literaturno-instruktorskiy agitparokhod vtsik 'Krasnaia Zvezda' (1919)
Literaturno-instruktorskiy agitparokhod vtsik 'Krasnaia Zvezda'
6.5
Short
  • Self
  • 1919
Universal Newsreel
Short
  • Self
  • 1945

Credits

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Thanks

  • The mansion (2025)
    The mansion
    7.6
    • thanks
    • 2025
  • Diaries of the traveler (2024)
    Diaries of the traveler
    8.5
    TV Series
    • referenced
    • 2024
  • Russian death (2019)
    Russian death
    8.3
    • special mention
    • 2019
  • Strana Sovetov. Zabytye vozhdi (2017)
    Strana Sovetov. Zabytye vozhdi
    6.1
    TV Series
    • in memory of
    • 2017

Self

  • Grace Kelly in Biography (1961)
    Biography
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 1962
  • Tasavallan Presidentti J.K. Paasikivi Moskovassa I
    Short
    • Self
    • 1955
  • Velikoye proshchaniye (1953)
    Velikoye proshchaniye
    5.4
    • Self
    • 1953
  • Atomic Explosion Heard in Russia
    Short
    • Self
    • 1949
  • Berlinskaya konferentsiya (1945)
    Berlinskaya konferentsiya
    7.1
    Short
    • Self (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Krymskaya konferentsiya
    7.1
    • Self
    • 1945
  • Parad Pobedy (1945)
    Parad Pobedy
    8.1
    Short
    • Self (on Lenin's Mausoleum) (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Universal Newsreel
    Short
    • Self
    • 1945
  • Literaturno-instruktorskiy agitparokhod vtsik 'Krasnaia Zvezda' (1919)
    Literaturno-instruktorskiy agitparokhod vtsik 'Krasnaia Zvezda'
    6.5
    Short
    • Self
    • 1919

Archive Footage

  • Ekaterina Andreeva and Igor Kirillov in Vremya (1968)
    Vremya
    3.0
    TV Series
    • Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (archive footage)
    • 2025–2026
  • Titans of the Cold War (2025)
    Titans of the Cold War
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (archive footage)
    • 2026
  • World War II with Tom Hanks (2026)
    World War II with Tom Hanks
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (archive footage)
    • 2026
  • Orwell: 2+2=5 (2025)
    Orwell: 2+2=5
    6.9
    • Self - Former Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (archive footage)
    • 2025
  • Adolf Hitler in Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (2024)
    Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Soviet Union (archive footage)
    • 2024
  • Adolf Hitler in Hitler's Power (2023)
    Hitler's Power
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (archive footage)
    • 2023
  • Adolf Hitler in How to Lose a War (2023)
    How to Lose a War
    7.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (archive footage)
    • 2023
  • Bill Whittle in What We Saw (2019)
    What We Saw
    8.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2023
  • Trains en guerre (2022)
    Trains en guerre
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2022
  • Das Rote Imperium (2022)
    Das Rote Imperium
    6.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2022
  • Lev Trotskiy in Léon Trotsky, un homme à abattre (2022)
    Léon Trotsky, un homme à abattre
    6.9
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2022
  • The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
    The U.S. and the Holocaust
    8.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Self - Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage)
    • 2022
  • Histoire de l'antisémitisme (2022)
    Histoire de l'antisémitisme
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Self (archive footage, uncredited)
    • 2022
  • Could Hitler Have Been Stopped? (2022)
    Could Hitler Have Been Stopped?
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (archive footage)
    • 2022
  • Rise of the Nazis (2019)
    Rise of the Nazis
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (archive footage)
    • 2022

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Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Foreign Minister Molotov
  • Born
    • March 9, 1890
    • Kukarka, Yaransk Uyezd, Vyatka Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast, Russia]
  • Died
    • November 8, 1986
    • Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia](undisclosed)
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 29 Portrayals
    • 6 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Soviet government and Communist party official.
  • Quotes
    [on Poland] The monstrous bastard of the Treaty of Versailles.

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