Preceded by Mikhail Suslov Name Boris Ponomarev Citizenship Soviet Role Politician | Nationality Russian Succeeded by Anatoly Dobrynin Profession Politician, historian | |
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(himself as Department for Relations with Foreign Communist Parties head) Born 17 January 1905
Shakhovskoye, Russian Empire ( 1905-01-17 ) Political party Communist Party of the Soviet Union Died December 21, 1995, Moscow, Russia Party Communist Party of the Soviet Union Residence Kutuzovsky Avenue, Moscow, Russia Books Winning for Peace: The Great Victoryits World Impact Education Institute of Red Professors, Moscow State University | ||
Boris Nikolayevich Ponomarev (Russian: Борис Николаевич Пономарёв) (January 17, 1905 – December 21, 1995) was a Soviet politician, ideologist, historian and member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. His patron in his rise to the politburo was Mikhail Suslov.
His name would more accurately be transliterated as "Ponomaryov," though the form "Ponomarev" has become more frequent.
From 1955 to 1986, he was chief of the International Department of the CPSU Central Committee - and effectively in control of policy in the World Communist Movement. He occupied an office within Central Committee headquarters until the 1991 August Coup, which he is said to have supported.
He wrote The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1962.