Vyacheslav Molotov

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (Template:OldStyleDate – 8 November 1986) wis a Soviet politeecian an diplomat, an Auld Bolshevik an a leadin figure in the Soviet government frae the 1920s, when he rose tae pouer as a protégé o Joseph Stalin, tae 1957, when he wis dismissed frae the Presidium (Politburo) o the Central Committee bi Nikita Khrushchev. He wis the principal Soviet signatory o the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact o 1939 (an aa kent as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) as well as post-war negotiations, an a signatory o the Politburo resolution authorizin the Katyn massacre. He remained unapologetic an haed few regrets o the actions o the Pairty unner Stalin, a view that remained till his daith. The Molotov cocktail wis derisively named efter him bi the Finnish military durin the Winter War.

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