Boris Ponomarev
| Boris Ponomarev Борис Пономарёв | |
|---|---|
| Head of the International Department of the Central Committee | |
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In office 21 February 1957 – 25 February 1986 | |
| Preceded by |
Post established (himself as Department for Relations with Foreign Communist Parties head) |
| Succeeded by | Anatoly Dobrynin |
| Head of the Department for Relations with Foreign Communist Parties of the Central Committee | |
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In office 9 December 1955 – 21 February 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Suslov |
| Succeeded by |
Post abolished (himself as International Department head and Yuri Andropov as Department for Relations with the Communist and Workers' Parties of the Socialist Countries head) |
| Candidate member of the 24th, 25th, 26th Politburo | |
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In office 19 May 1972 – 25 February 1986 | |
| Member of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th Secretariat | |
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In office 31 October 1961 – 25 February 1985 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 January 1905 Shakhovskoye, Russian Empire |
| Died |
21 December 1995 (aged 90) Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Residence | Kutuzovsky Prospekt |
| Profession | Politician, historian |
Boris Nikolayevich Ponomarev (Russian: Борис Николаевич Пономарёв) (January 17, 1905 – December 21, 1995) was a Soviet politician, ideologist, historian and member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. His patron in his rise to the politburo was Mikhail Suslov.
His name would more accurately be transliterated as "Ponomaryov," though the form "Ponomarev" has become more frequent.
From 1955 to 1986, he was chief of the International Department of the CPSU Central Committee - and effectively in control of policy in the World Communist Movement. He occupied an office within Central Committee headquarters until the 1991 August Coup, which he is said to have supported.
He wrote The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1962.[1]
Publications
- Soviet Foreign Policy Vol. 1 1917 - 1945, edited with Anatoly Gromyko, Progress Publishers, 1980
References
- ↑ Banerji, Arup (2008). Writing History in the Soviet Union: Making the Past Work. Berghahn Books. ISBN 9788187358374. p. 148.
