Valerian Zorin

Valerian Zorin
Валериан Зорин
Zorin in 1961
Born14 January 1902
Died14 January 1986 (aged 84)[1]
OccupationDiplomat
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1986)
AwardsThree Orders of Lenin[2]

Valerian Aleksandrovich Zorin (Russian: Валериан Александрович Зорин; 14 January 1902 – 14 January 1986) was a Soviet diplomat best remembered for his famous confrontation with Adlai Stevenson on 25 October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis.[1]

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  2. ^ Зорин Валериан Александрович. Great Soviet Encyclopedia