Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union

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foreign affairs ministry government ministry state institution of the Soviet Union

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union was the central government body responsible for directing Soviet foreign policy, diplomacy, and international relations throughout the existence of the USSR.

Aliases (6)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	foreign affairs ministry → government ministry → state institution of the Soviet Union →
architecturalStyleOfHeadquarters	Stalinist architecture →
controlledBy	Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
country	Soviet Union →
dissolved	1991 →
employerOf	Soviet ambassadors → Soviet consular staff → Soviet diplomats →
formedAsMinistry	1946 →
handled	diplomatic recognition of states → negotiation of international agreements → protection of Soviet citizens abroad →
headquartersLocation	Moscow → Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic → Soviet Union →
jurisdiction	Soviet Union →
languageOfWork	Russian →
locatedInBuilding	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building →
nativeName	Министерство иностранных дел СССР →
notableMinister	Andrei Gromyko → Eduard Shevardnadze → Vyacheslav Molotov →
operatedDuring	World War II aftermath → decolonization era → perestroika period →
oversaw	Soviet consulates abroad → Soviet embassies abroad → Soviet permanent missions to international organizations →
participatedIn	Cold War diplomacy → United Nations activities → Warsaw Pact diplomatic coordination →
partOf	Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union →
predecessor	People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union →
regionServed	worldwide →
replacedBy	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation →
responsibleFor	diplomatic relations of the Soviet Union → foreign policy of the Soviet Union → international treaties of the Soviet Union → representation of the Soviet Union abroad →
shortName	MFA of the USSR →
subordinateTo	Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union → Soviet government →
successor	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation →
symbol	state emblem of the Soviet Union →
timePeriod	Soviet era →
typeOfAgency	executive branch ministry →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Maxim Litvinov ("People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs") → Maxim Litvinov → Vladimir Kryuchkov ("Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs") →	employer
Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) ("Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs") → Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty →	negotiatedBy
People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR ("Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs") →	followedBy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation ("Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR") →	formedFrom
Council of People's Commissars ("People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs") →	hasPart
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union ("Министерство иностранных дел СССР") →	nativeName
Soviet embassy in Tehran →	operatedBy
Vyacheslav Molotov ("Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union") →	positionHeld
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation ("Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR") →	precededBy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union ("People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union") →	predecessor