Anatoly Dobrynin

Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin was a Russian statesman and a Soviet diplomat. He was the Soviet Ambassador to the United States. He served during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Anatoly Dobrynin Анатолий Добрынин
Anatoly Dobrynin on 23 June 1967
Head of the International Department of the Central Committee
In office 6 March 1986 – 30 September 1988
Preceded by	Boris Ponomarev
Succeeded by	Valentin Falin
Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the United States
In office 4 January 1962 – 19 May 1986
Preceded by	Mikhail Menshikov
Succeeded by	Yuri Dubinin
Personal details
Born	(1919-11-16)16 November 1919 Krasnaya Gorka, Mozhaisk Uyezd, Moscow Governorate, Russian SFSR
Died	6 April 2010(2010-04-06) (aged 90) Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia

Dobrynin worked with 6 American presidents. He was well liked in the United States.

Honours and awards

• Hero of Socialist Labour
• Five Orders of Lenin
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of Honour