Valerian Alexandrovich Sorin

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Valerian Alexandrovich Sorin ( Russian Валериан Александрович Зорин , scientific transliteration Valerian Alexandrovič Zorin ; born January 1, 1902 in Novocherkassk ; †  January 14, 1986 in Moscow ) was a Soviet diplomat. He gained fame in the West through his position on the UN Security Council during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 .

Life

Sorin was a teacher's son. In 1922 he joined the Communist Party and worked in the Moscow Central Committee of the Komsomol until 1932 . In 1935 he graduated from the higher communist educational institute. After completing his studies, he continued his party work until 1941, when he was transferred to the Foreign Ministry. On March 22, 1945, Sorin became the Soviet ambassador in Prague , a position with significant influence on the young Czechoslovak government.

From 1947 to 1955 Sorin was deputy foreign minister and partly (1952 to 1953) permanent representative in the United Nations Security Council (UN) . From January 7, 1955, he was the first Soviet ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and returned to Moscow in 1956 to resume his post as Deputy Foreign Minister. After five years as a candidate, he was accepted into the Central Committee of the CPSU in 1961 .

In the UN Security Council

1960 to 1962 he was sent for the second time as ambassador to the UN Security Council; The climax of his time there was the Cuban Missile Crisis when he was confronted by the US Ambassador Adlai Ewing Stevenson II with the reconnaissance photos of the Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba:

"Yes or no? Do not wait for the translation! Yes or no? ”Sorin:“ I'm not in an American courtroom, sir, so I don't feel like answering a question that is asked of me as if I were standing in front of the prosecutor. ”Stevenson:“ You are in front of here the Court of World Opinion and you can answer yes or no. ”Later:“ I am ready to wait for my answer until Hell freezes. ” (Michael R. Decided: The Crisis Years. Kennedy and Khrushchev 1960–1963 , New York 1991, quoted from .welt.de: .welt.de: We will die, but we will take them with us)

It is known today that neither Sorin nor the Soviet ambassador in Washington, Anatoly Dobrynin , had been informed by Moscow of the missile deployments.

In 1965 Sorin became ambassador to France ; In 1971, at the age of almost 70, he was appointed to a purely representative post as a special envoy.

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  1. ↑ Sven Felix Kellerhoff: "We will die, but we take them with you!" . welt.de. November 1, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Sorin, Valerian Alexandrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zorin, Valerian Alexandrovič; Зорин, Валериан Александрович (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Novocherkassk , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1986
Place of death Moscow