Pavel Palazhchenko ''or'' Palazchenko (russian: Па́вел Русла́нович Пала́жченко, born 17 March 1949) is a former high-level

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conference interpreter who was the chief

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interpreter for

Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...

and Soviet foreign minister

Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze ( ka, ედუარდ ამბროსის ძე შევარდნაძე}, romanized: ; 25 January 1928 – 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia for ...

from 1985 and 1991.Palazhchenko, Pavel (1997) ''My Years with Gorbachev and Shevardnadze: The Memoir of a Soviet Interpreter'', Penn State University Press, 1997,

Biography

Personal

Palazhchenko was born on 17 March 1949 in

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Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

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. He graduated from the Maurice Thorez Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages (

Moscow State Linguistic University ) , former_names = Moscow Imperial Commercial School(1804–1917) Moscow Institute of New Languages(1930–1935) Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages(1935–1990) , motto = ''Lingua facit pacem'' , motto_lang = ...

) in 1972.

Interpreter

As one of the leading interpreters of his time, Palazhchenko participated in all US-Soviet summit talks leading to the end of the

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. He is the author of a personal and political

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, ''My Years with Gorbachev and Shevardnadze: The Memoir of a Soviet Interpreter''. President Reagan says goodbye to Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev after the last meeting at Hofdi House Reykjavik Iceland

President Reagan says goodbye to Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev after the last meeting at Hofdi House Reykjavik Iceland

Writer

Palazhchenko also wrote the ''Moi Nesistematichesky Slovar'' or ''My Unsystematic Dictionary'' which was published in Russia by R. Valent publications in May 2002. The 300-page Russian-English dictionary provides information, insight and cultural observation on the linguistic twists and turns that lie between the English and Russian languages; and was a sequel to Palazhchenko’s other work: the English-Russian dictionary published in 1999. The 1999 English-Russian dictionary dealt with trends in the political, diplomatic and journalistic usage in the English language.Zolotov, Andrei Jr. (3 June 2002) , ''The Moscow Times''Legvold, Robert (July/ August 1997
A Review: My Years with Gorbachev and Shevardnadze: The Memoir of a Soviet Interpreter. Pavel Palazchenko
. University Park: Penn State Press, Foreign Affairs In 2005, the third book of this series, ''Unsystematic Dictionary-2005'' was published.

Associate

After becoming a long-time associate and aide to Mikhail Gorbachev for several years, Palazhchenko eventually became the head of the International Department of the International Non-governmental Foundation for Socio-Economic and Political Studies (or The Gorbachev Foundation), where he also functioned as an analyst,

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, interpreter and

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., retrieved on 31 May 2007.

References

External links

Pavel Palazhchenko's Website
(in Russian) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palazhchenko, Pavel United Nations interpreters 1949 births Living people Soviet officials of the United Nations Moscow State Linguistic University alumni