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Vladimir Potemkin

1874-10-07 – 1946-02-23

Portrait of Vladimir Potemkin
Remise des lettres de créances de M. Potiemkine à M. LebrunCredit: Agence de presse Meurisse

Life & Legacy

Vladimir Petrovich Potemkin (Russian: Владимир Петрович Потёмкин; 19 October [O.S. 7 October] 1874 – 23 February 1946) was a Soviet statesman, historian, educator, diplomat, academic and scholar who served as the People's Commissar of Education of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1940 to 1946.

Occupation & Career

diplomat, historian, non-fiction writer, politician, statesperson, pedagogue

Education

Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

State Stalin Prize, 1st degree; Order of the Red Banner; Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Order of Lenin · Order of the Red Banner · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · State Stalin Prize, 1st degree

Employer

Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the USSR · People's Commissariat for Education

Organizations & Memberships

Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union · Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union · Russian Academy of Sciences

Education & Institutions

Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q368704 — wikidata View source

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