"Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov[a] (/ˈmɒlətɒf, ˈmoʊ-/; né Skryabin;[b] (OS 25 February) 9 March 1890 – 8 November 1986) was a Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s. Molotov 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.
Born in Kukarka, Molotov joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) in 1906 and supported Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik faction. He was twice arrested and exiled for revolutionary activities. As an editor of Pravda, Molotov opposed Alexander Kerensky's Provisional Government after the February Revolution of 1917. He later became a member of the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee, which planned the October Revolution that brought the Bolsheviks to power." - (en.wikipedia.org 02.03.2021)
