Dmitri Pozhidaev

Dmitri Pozhidaev
Дмитрий Петрович Пожидаев
Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Burundi
In office
10 July 1974 (1974-07-10) – 28 January 1980 (1980-01-28)
Preceded byAleksei Naumov [ru]
Succeeded byValeriy Levikov [ru]
Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the United Arab Republic
In office
16 June 1965 (1965-06-16) – 29 August 1967 (1967-08-29)
Preceded byVladimir Yerofeyev
Succeeded bySergei Vinogradov [ru]
Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Morocco [ru]
In office
11 November 1958 (1958-11-11) – 20 July 1962 (1962-07-20)
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byAleksei Shvedov [ru]
Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Switzerland [ru]
In office
7 September 1957 (1957-09-07) – 11 November 1958 (1958-11-11)
Preceded byPavel Yershov [ru]
Succeeded byNikolai Koryukin [ru]
Personal details
Born
Dmitri Petrovich Pozhidaev

1913
Died1989
Moscow, Soviet Union
AwardsOrder of the Badge of Honour (2)
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Star

Dmitri Petrovich Pozhidaev (Russian: Дмитрий Петрович Пожидаев, 1913 – 1989) was a Soviet diplomat who served as ambassador to Egypt during the Six-Day War in 1967. According to one work on the Six-Day War, Pozhidaev was believed by officials in the United States to have "contributed to the rising tensions", with one official referring to him as "one big trouble-maker".[1] In August 1967, shortly after the Six Day War, he was removed as ambassador to Egypt and transferred to an unspecified post.[2]

As Soviet archives for the period remain closed the details of his role are not clear.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sydney Dawson. Bailey, dney Dawson Bailey (1985). The Making of Resolution 242. Springer Netherlands. p. 48. ISBN 9789024730735.
  2. ^ "Continuing Splits Peril Arab Talks". The Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. Associated Press. 29 August 1967. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Norman Finkelstein Reviews Oren's Six Days of War". Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2005.


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