Yevgeny Matveyevich Samoteykin (russian: Евгений Матвеевич Самотейкин; October 18, 1928 – July 20, 2014) was a Soviet

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 ...

. From 1952, Samoteykin worked in the central apparatus of the

Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs 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 ...

and in Soviet diplomatic missions abroad. From 1964 he was a personal assistant to the First (later, General) secretary of the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

Central Committee Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of Communist party, communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party org ...

. On 24 April 1983 he was appointed as Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Australia, with concurrent accreditation to

Nauru Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Ki ...

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

and Vanuatu, and held the post until 22 August 1990.

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1928 births 2014 deaths 20th-century diplomats Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Australia Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Fiji Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Nauru Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Vanuatu Communist Party of the Soviet Union members {{russia-diplomat-stub Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Soviet diplomats