The first deputy premier of the Soviet Union was the deputy head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Despite the title, the office was not always held by a single individual. The
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Vyacheslav Molotov
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Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov was a Soviet politician, diplomat, and revolutionary. He was one of Joseph Stalin's closest allies and one of the most prominent figures in the Soviet government during
First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union
…Valerian Kuibyshev, who was inaugurated in 1934. Lavrentiy Beria spent the shortest time in office, serving for 113 days. At more than seventeen years, Vyacheslav Molotov spent the longest time in office, and held his position for most of Joseph Stalin's chairmanship, as well as through the chairmanships of Georgy Malenkov…
Molotov in c. 1947
Molotov's birth house in Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast.
Molotov in 1917
Molotov and the OGPU's first chief Felix Dzerzhinsky, 1924