MARSHAL A. M. VASILEVSKY AS A DIPLOMAT

Georgy Vladimirovich Andrianov

Church Research Center of the Kostroma Metropolitanate, Kostroma, Russia

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ORCID: 0000–0001–7534–6776

Issue: № 1 (29), 2025

Pages: 163

Annotation

Marshal of the USSR Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky is known for his great knowledge of military science, but his outstanding diplomatic talent remains little known. The commander's abilities in the field of international contacts proved to be in demand by his homeland during the preparation and conclusion of the peace treaty between the USSR and Finland in the spring of 1940, the visit of the Soviet delegation to Nazi Germany in the fall of 1940, negotiations for the surrender of German and Japanese troops, as well as during official meetings of foreign delegations of military specialists, the preparation of departmental documents about cooperation between the Soviet Union and other countries, investigating incidents of international importance. The article is a continuation of the research of the marshal’s spiritual roots that has been conducted by the author for several years and has been published in the Ipatievsky vestnik magazine.

Keywords

Marshal Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky, priest Mikhail Vasilevsky, Kostroma Theological Seminary, The Great Patriotic War, World War I, diplomatic service, peace with Finland in 1940, negotiations between the USSR and Germany in Berlin in 1940, surrender, capture of Konigsberg, Imperialist Japan, Kwantung Army, Stalin, Molotov, Field Marshal Brauchitsch, Schulenburg, Ribbentrop, General Otto Lyash, Marshal Shunroku Hata, General Otozo Yamada, Marshal Golovanov, Field Marshal Montgomery

For citation

Andrianov G. V., priest. Marshal A. M. Vasilevsky as a diplomat // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2025. № 1. Р. 163–186 (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164–2025–1–163–186