Mikhail Fyodorovich Bodrov (in russian: Михаил Фёдорович Бодров; 1903 – 1988) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

diplomat,

Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

Biography

Mikhail Bodrov was a member of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks). He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Finance and started diplomatic work in 1946. Bodrov served as Soviet Union's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the following countries of the world: *

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(August 6, 1948 to January 27, 1954) *

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

(January 21, 1958 to October 15, 1964) * Kuwait (September 24, 1966 to July 9, 1970) In 1954-1958 he served as Deputy Head of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR The Ministry of External Relations (MER) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (russian: Министерство иностранных дел СССР) was founded on 6 July 1923. It had three names during its existence: People's Co ...

, in 1965–1966 – as Executive Secretary of the ministry. Bodrov1

During his work in Israel Bodrov took part in the so-called “Orange Deal” (in russian: Апельсиновая сделка), formally known as Agreement #593 (“On the sale of Soviet state property to Israel”), concluded on October 17, 1964. The agreement was signed on the Israeli side by Foreign Minister

Golda Meir Golda Meir, ; ar, جولدا مائير, Jūldā Māʾīr., group=nb (born Golda Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was an Israeli politician, teacher, and '' kibbutznikit'' who served as the fourth prime minister of Israel from 1969 to ...

and Finance Minister

Pinchas Sapir Pinchas Sapir ( he, פנחס ספיר, born Pinchas Kozlowski 15 October 1906 – 12 August 1975) was an Israeli politician during the first three decades following the country's founding. He held two important ministerial posts, Minister of Fi ...

. The agreement was nicknamed so, because Israel agreed to pay not in money (of which it had none), but in oranges from Jaffa and textiles. In March 1963, Mikhail Bodrov wrote to Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Lapin: Bodrov met and corresponded with

Korney Chukovsky Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky ( rus, Корне́й Ива́нович Чуко́вский, p=kɐrˈnʲej ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ tɕʊˈkofskʲɪj, a=Kornyey Ivanovich Chukovskiy.ru.vorb.oga; 31 March NS 1882 – 28 October 1969) was one of the most p ...

. He retired in 1970 and died in 1988.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bodrov, Mikhail Fyodorovich 1903 births 1988 deaths Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation alumni Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Bulgaria Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Israel Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Kuwait Soviet diplomats