Anatoly Gromyko

Anatoly Andreyevich Gromyko (Russian: Анато́лий Андре́евич Громы́ко, 15 April 1932 – 25 September 2017[1]) was a Russian scientist and diplomat. He was born in Barysaw, Soviet Union. He specialized in American and African studies, as well as international relations. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Union of Russian Artists.

Anatoly Gromyko in 1983

Between 1961 and 1965, he worked at the Soviet Embassy in the United Kingdom. After that, he took leading positions at the Institute for African Studies and Institute for US and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He then returned to diplomacy and acted as the Soviet deputy ambassador in the United States (1973–74) and East Germany (1974–75).