Vadim Zagladin
Vadim Valentinovich Zagladin (June 23, 1927 – November 17, 2006) was a Soviet and Russian politician and ideologist and one of the leading theoreticians of perestroika. He was a collaborator and adviser to Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail Gorbachev and, among Soviet politicians, one of those who was the closest to Western Europe. A personal friend of François Mitterrand, Willy Brandt and Giorgio Napolitano, Zagladin was the theorist of a reformed communism that would be very close to European social democracy.
Also recorded as Vadim Valentinovich Zagladin
Vadim Zagladin
- Born
- 1927 · Moscow.
- Died
- 2006 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- geopolitical analyst · politician · university teacher · writer · political scientist
- Education
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Honours
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Languages
- Russian
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Vadim Valentinovich Zagladin (June 23, 1927 – November 17, 2006) was a Soviet and Russian politician and ideologist and one of the leading theoreticians of perestroika. He was a collaborator and adviser to Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail Gorbachev and, among Soviet politicians, one of those who was the closest to Western Europe. A personal friend of François Mitterrand, Willy Brandt and Giorgio Napolitano, Zagladin was the theorist of a reformed communism that would be very close to European social democracy.
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He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and taught there from 1949 to 1956. From 1964 to 1988, he was First Deputy Secretary of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, assisting Secretaries Boris Ponomarev and Anatoly Dobrynin. From 1988 to 1991, he was a close advisor to Gorbachev on perestroika and glasnost, and continued his senior advisory role within the Gorbachev Foundation until his death. He was also vice-president of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation (AEAC), which promoted links between Russia and NATO. He was the deviser of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, chaired by Gorbachev, and a founder of the Permanent Secretariat of World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, the official organizer of the event. He was the author of many books on international relations.
Vadim Zagladin studied at Moscow State Institute of International Relations. The recorded working language is Russian. Employment is recorded with Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Positions recorded include deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
• To Restructure and Humanize International Relations by V. V Zagladin (1989) • Our Aim: Universal International Security by V. V Zagladin (1986) • International Working-Class and Communist Movement: Historical Record, 1830s to Mid-1940s • The Soviet peace philosophy: Peace programme in action by V. V Zagladin (1981) • The Working-Class Movement in the Period of Transition to Imperialism (1871-1904). by V. V., Editor-In-Chief Zagladin (Jan 1, 1981) • Europe and the Communists. by V., ed Zagladin (1977) • Internationalism: The communists' guiding principle by V. V Zagladin (1976) • The World Communist Movement: Outline of Strategy and Tactics by V. V. (editor) Zagladin (1973)
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Vadim Zagladin is recorded as geopolitical analyst, politician, university teacher, writer and political scientist.
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1927
Vadim Zagladin was born in 1927 at Moscow.
2006
Vadim Zagladin died in 2006 at Moscow.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Vadim Valentinovich Zagladin. His recorded language was Russian. One child is recorded: Nikita Zagladin. Formation and teaching. Zagladin studied at Moscow State Institute of International Relations. The record notes the qualifications Doktor Nauk in Philosophy and Candidate of Historical Sciences. He was employed by Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Recorded position is deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He belonged to Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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