Averky Borisovich Aristov ( 22 October 1903 in Krasny Yar

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, Astrakhan Oblast

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) — 11 July 1973) was a Soviet politician

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 and diplomat

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He was the son of a fisherman, working for a fishery during 1912 - 1919. In 1919 he joined the Komsomol

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 and 1921 he became a member of the Bolshevik Party. He was a member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee from 1952 until 1953 and from 1957 until 1961. Dismissed from Politburo in 1961, he became ambassador

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 to Poland

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 (1961-1971) and to Austria

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 (1971-1973).

He was buried at the Novodevichi Cemetery, Moscow

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