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[[Image:Vyacheslav Molotov.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Namesake of the Molotov Cocktail bomb]]
[[Image:Vyacheslav Molotov.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Namesake of the Molotov Cocktail bomb]]
'''Vyacheslav Molotov''' was the foreign minister of the former [[Soviet Union]] from 1939 to 1956 and one of the architects of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]]. The [[Molotov Cocktail]], an improvised petrol bomb widely used by [[Finland|Finnish]] troops against tanks while resisting Soviet aggression in the [[Winter War]] of 1939-1940, is named for him.
'''Vyacheslav Molotov''' was the foreign minister of the former [[Soviet Union]] from 1939 to 1956 and one of the architects of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]]. The [[Molotov Cocktail]], an improvised petrol bomb widely used by [[Finland|Finnish]] troops against tanks while resisting Soviet aggression in the [[Winter War]] of 1939-1940, is named for him.