Vladimir Stepanov
Soviet diplomat and intelligence officer
About Vladimir Stepanov
Lived 1927 – 2022 (aged 95). Vladimir Stepanov was a Russian diplomat, politician and intelligence officer.
Biography Vladimir Stepanov was born in 1927 in Kovgora, Kondopozhsky District, to a Karelian family. He spoke Finnish with a strong Karelian accent. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1950. In 1952 he was elected secretary of the regional Central Committee of Komsomol in Karelia. Former Finnish foreign minister Keijo Korhonen named Stepanov the "worst enemy of Finland's neutrality".
After returning to the USSR, Stepanov was appointed first vice-premier of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He was one of the initiators of the Soviet-Finnish Kostomuksha mine project in the north of Karelia. From 1984 Stepanov served as the first secretary of the Karelian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1984 he was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, and from 1986 to 1990 he was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Stepanov died on 14 June 2022 at the age of 95. He was buried in the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery on 17 June 2022.
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Who was Vladimir Stepanov?
Soviet diplomat and intelligence officer
When was Vladimir Stepanov born?
Vladimir Stepanov was born on 21 March 1927 in Kondopoga.
When did Vladimir Stepanov die?
Vladimir Stepanov died on 14 June 2022 in Moscow.
What was Vladimir Stepanov's occupation?
Vladimir Stepanov was a diplomat, politician and intelligence officer.
What nationality was Vladimir Stepanov?
Vladimir Stepanov was Russian.
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