Viktor Pavlovich Karpov (russian: Виктор Павлович Карпов; 9 October 1928 – 2 February 1997) was a Russian

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, Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister in 1990–1991. Karpov graduated from the

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in 1951, and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the

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and abroad. From 1960 to 1962, he was the Senior Adviser at the Soviet Embassy in

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. Since 1968 joined the Soviet-American negotiations on reduction of strategic weapons in

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. * 1990–1991 — Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, in charge of Soviet-American relations and negotiations on reduction of strategic weapons, served as the Chief Soviet Strategic Arms Control Negotiator.- books.google.ru/books? * Karpov personally contributed to working out such important treaties as INF Treaty, START-1 and START-2 Treaty. * Since 1991 worked as the advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia in

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until his death in Moscow in 1997

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