Fedor Tarasovich Gusev (Russian: Фёдор Тарасович Гусев; 29 April 1905 – 9 March 1987) was a Soviet diplomat.
Career Gusev graduated in 1931 from Law Institute in Leningrad and in 1937 from Diplomatic Institute. Since 1935 he worked for the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 1938–39: head of the 3rd Western Department 1941: in the 2nd European Department 1942–43: ambassador in Canada 1943–46: ambassador in Great Britain 1946–52: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union 1956–62: ambassador in Sweden later worked in the central apparatus of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, until 1975.
Gusev took part in the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam Conferences as well as the European Advisory Commission. Between 1946 and 1950, he was also member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Death Gusev died on 9 March 1987 in Moscow, and was buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery.
References
External links Short biography (in Russian) Soviet and Russian ambassadors in Great Britain (in Russian)