anastas ivanovich mikoyan

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Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Soviet politician, president of the Soviet Union (1964-1965)
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born Nov. 25, 1895, Sanain, Armenia died Oct. 21, 1978, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Russian statesman. After joining the Bolsheviks in 1915, he became a party leader in the Caucasus. His support of Joseph Stalin earned him a post on the Communist Central Committee (1923). He was commissar of trade from 1926, a member of the Politburo from 1935, and deputy premier (1946-64), directing the country's trade. He supported Nikita Khrushchev's rise to power and became his close adviser and a first deputy premier of the Soviet Union. He was chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1964-65)