Valerian Zorin

Valerian Zorin
Валериан Зорин
Zorin in 1961
Born14 January 1902
Novocherkassk, Russian Empire
Died14 January 1986 (aged 84)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
OccupationDiplomat
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1986)
AwardsThree Orders of Lenin

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.

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