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Sergey Lapin

1912 – 1990

Soviet diplomat

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About Sergey Lapin

Lived 1912 – 1990 (aged 78). Sergey Lapin was a Russian diplomat, journalist and politician.

Sergey Georgiyevich Lapin (; – 4 October 1990) was a Soviet apparatchik, newspaper editor and diplomat.

Lapin was born in Saint Petersburg. From 1930 to 1932 he studied at the Leningrad Historical Language Institute, and after graduating he went on to work in various positions, including deputy editor, of various Leningrad newspapers until 1940. From 1940 to 1942 he was a student at the Higher Party School of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks).

Lapin died in 1990 in Moscow.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Higher Party School at the Central Committee of the CPSU
Positions held
Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Awards
Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of Friendship of Peoples; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Zasłużony Działacz Kultury
Also known as
Sergey Georgiyevich Lapin, Sergey Georgievich Lapin

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Sergey Lapin's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Sergey Lapin?

Soviet diplomat (1912-1990)

When was Sergey Lapin born?

Sergey Lapin was born on 2 July 1912 in Saint Petersburg.

When did Sergey Lapin die?

Sergey Lapin died on 4 October 1990 in Moscow.

What was Sergey Lapin's occupation?

Sergey Lapin was a diplomat, journalist and politician.

What nationality was Sergey Lapin?

Sergey Lapin was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sergey Lapin

· Wikidata: Q3479741

· DBpedia: Sergey Lapin (diplomat)

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