Vladimir Matskevich

Matskevich at his 62nd birthday party in Iowa, U.S., holding a Weatherby Mark IV hunting rifle, a gift from the American host. Vladimir Vladimirovich Matskevich (; 14 December 1909 – 7 November 1998) was the Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers from 9 April 1956 to 25 December 1956.

Early life Matskevich was born in the village of Privolye-Marienthal, Chortitza volost (today village Prydniprovske, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine), in the family of an agronomist. He graduated from the Kharkov Zootechnical Institute in 1932.

Leadership Matskevich served as the Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Czechoslovakia from 27 April 1973 to 6 February 1980. He was elected to the Soviet Central Committee in the 20th, 24th, and 25th Congresses of the Communist Party, serving from 1956 to 1961 and 1971 to 1981.