Fedor Gusev

Fedor Tarasovich Gusev 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.