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Also Known As Andrey Vishinsky
Born December 10, 1883 • Odesa • Ukraine
Died November 22, 1954 (aged 70) • New York City • New York
Title / Office foreign minister (1949-1953), Soviet Union
Political Affiliation Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Role In Great Purge

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