Vyacheslav Molotov

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (Russian: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, Vjäeslav Michajlovi¿ Molotov; 9 March, [O.S. 25 February, ] 1890 - 8 November, 1986) was a Soviet politician and diplomat, a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin, to 1957, when he was dismissed from Presidium (Politburo) of the Central Committee by Nikita Khrushchev. He was a major perpetrator of the Great Terror and the principal Soviet signatory of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939 (also known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) as well as post-war negotiations. The Molotov cocktail was named after him by the Finnish military during the Winter War.