Dmitri Petrovich Pozhidaev ( rus, Дмитрий Петрович Пожидаев, 1913 – 1989) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...

who served as ambassador to Egypt during the

Six-Day War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...

in 1967. According to one work on the Six-Day War, Pozhidaev was believed by officials in the United States to have "contributed to the rising tensions", with one official referring to him as "one big trouble-maker". In August 1967, shortly after the Six Day War, he was removed as ambassador to Egypt and transferred to an unspecified post. As Soviet archives for the period remain closed the details of his role are not clear.

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1913 births 1989 deaths Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Burundi Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Egypt Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Morocco Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Switzerland {{USSR-bio-stub