'''Andrei Vyshinsky''', (also '''Vishinsky, Vyshinskii, VYShINSKIJ''') was Procurator (Prosecutor) General of the USSR from 1935-1939 during the [[Great Purge]]; Deputy Chairman of the Soviet People’s Commissariat, in 1939-1940; Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 1940-1949 who congratulated [[Alger Hiss]] on behalf of the [[GRU]]; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1949-1953; and Soviet Union’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 1953-1954. | '''Andrei Vyshinsky''', (also '''Vishinsky, Vyshinskii, VYShINSKIJ''') was Procurator (Prosecutor) General of the USSR from 1935-1939 during the [[Great Purge]]; Deputy Chairman of the Soviet People’s Commissariat, in 1939-1940; Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 1940-1949 who congratulated [[Alger Hiss]] on behalf of the [[GRU]]; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1949-1953; and Soviet Union’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 1953-1954. |