After joining the Soviet Communist Party in 1922, Zorin held a managerial position in a Moscow City Committee and the Central Committee of the Komsomol until 1932. In 1935, he graduated from the Communist Institute of Education (Высший коммунистический институт просвещения). In 1935-1941, Zorin worked on numerous Party assignments and as a teacher. In 1941-1944, he was employed at the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs. In 1945-1947, Zorin was the Soviet ambassador to Czechoslovakia. In ...

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Valerian Zorin, Valerian Zorin - Biography, Valerian Zorin - Awards and Recognitions

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and statesman, noted for his skill in debate and oratory. He was twice an unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States (1952 and 1956). Adlai Stevenson - Childhood education and early career. Stevenson was born in Los Angeles into a political family. His grandfather Adlai E. Stevenson I had been Vice President of the United States. His father, Lewis Green Stevenson, never held an elected office, but served ...

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• Adlai Stevenson - Childhood education and early career
• Adlai Stevenson - Marriage and children
• Adlai Stevenson - 1933 to 1948
• Adlai Stevenson - 1948 election as Illinois governor
• Adlai Stevenson - 1952 presidential bid
• Adlai Stevenson - 1956 presidential bid
• Adlai Stevenson - 1960-1965
• Adlai Stevenson - Other Facts of Note

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a very tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. The period of greatest danger started on October 16, 1962, when U.S. reconnaissance was shown to U.S. president John F. Kennedy which revealed evidence for Soviet nuclear missile installations in Cuba, and lasted for 13 days until October 28, 1962, when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announced the installations would be dismantled. It is regarded as the moment when the Cold War ...

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• Cuban Missile Crisis - Prelude
• Cuban Missile Crisis - The Cuban Revolution
• Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. missile sites in Turkey
• Cuban Missile Crisis - Missile Deployment
• Cuban Missile Crisis - The U-2 flights
• Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. response
• Cuban Missile Crisis - Aftermath

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King Baudouin of Belgium flew to Leopoldville to perform the official handover. It was here that Lumumba gave his "tears, fire and blood" speech that so angered the Belgians. Before King Baudouin's arrival, Lumumba's cabinet had decided that the country should present a united front at the independence celebrations, and that the titular leader, President Joseph Kasavubu should reply to the King's speech. (Congo's Loi Fundamentale, published by Belgium as the de facto national constitution for the country, had invested supreme power in the prime ...

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Patrice Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba - Path to Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba - Independence Day: Tears Fire and Blood Speech, Patrice Lumumba - Deposed and arrested, Patrice Lumumba - Death of Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba - François Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba - Tributes, Patrice Lumumba - Notes, Patrice Lumumba - Filmography, Patrice Lumumba - Archive Footage, Patrice Lumumba - Books

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Stevenson was born in Los Angeles into a political family. His grandfather Adlai E. Stevenson I had been Vice President of the United States. His father, Lewis Green Stevenson, never held an elected office, but served as Secretary of State of Illinois and was considered a strong contender for the Democratic vice-presidential nomination in 1928. His mother was Helen Davis Stevenson. Adlai was raised in Bloomington, Illinois. When Stevenson was a child, there was a tragic incident that haunted him for the rest of his life. While showing ...

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Adlai Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson - Childhood education and early career, Adlai Stevenson - Marriage and children, Adlai Stevenson - 1933 to 1948, Adlai Stevenson - 1948 election as Illinois governor, Adlai Stevenson - 1952 presidential bid, Adlai Stevenson - 1956 presidential bid, Adlai Stevenson - 1960-1965, Adlai Stevenson - Other Facts of Note

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With the news of the confirmed photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba, President Kennedy convened a special group of senior advisers to meet secretly at the White House. This group later became known as the ExComm, or Executive Committee of the National Security Council. From the morning of October 16 this group met frequently to devise a response to the threat. The officials had discussed the various options. An immediate bombing strike was dismissed early on, as was a potentially time-consuming appeal to the United Nations. ...

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Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis - The U-2 flights, Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. response, Cuban Missile Crisis - Aftermath

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Cuban Missile Crisis - The Cuban Revolution. The revolution in Cuba was the second time a country had become communist without significant military or political intervention from the USSR, China being the first. As such, it was hugely symbolic to Soviet leaders - particularly Nikita Khrushchev. The Soviet leader regarded the defense of the communist island as critical to the international ...

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Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis - Prelude, Cuban Missile Crisis - The Cuban Revolution, Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. missile sites in Turkey, Cuban Missile Crisis - Missile Deployment, Cuban Missile Crisis - The U-2 flights, Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. response, Cuban Missile Crisis - Aftermath

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Stevenson was born in Los Angeles into a political family. His grandfather Adlai E. Stevenson I had been Vice President of the United States. His father, Lewis Green Stevenson, never held an elected office, but served as Secretary of State of Illinois and was considered a strong contender for the Democratic vice-presidential nomination in 1928. His mother was Helen Davis Stevenson. Adlai was raised in Bloomington, Illinois. When Stevenson was a child, there was a tragic incident that haunted him for the rest of his life. While showing ...

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Adlai Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson - Childhood, education, and early career, Adlai Stevenson - Marriage and children, Adlai Stevenson - 1933 to 1948, Adlai Stevenson - 1948 election as Illinois governor, Adlai Stevenson - 1952 presidential bid, Adlai Stevenson - 1956 presidential bid, Adlai Stevenson - 1960-1965, Adlai Stevenson - Other Facts of Note

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Patrice Lumumba - Archive Footage. JFK at the Internet Movie Database (uncredited) Himself (with white shirt, hands bound behind back). ...

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Patrice Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba - Path to Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba - Independence Day: Tears Fire and Blood Speech, Patrice Lumumba - Deposed and arrested, Patrice Lumumba - Death of Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba - François Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba - Tributes, Patrice Lumumba - Notes, Patrice Lumumba - Filmography, Patrice Lumumba - Archive Footage, Patrice Lumumba - Books

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Patrice Lumumba was married and had five children; François was the eldest followed by Patrice junior, Julienne, Roland and Guy. François was 10 years old when Patrice died. Before his imprisonment, Patrice arranged for his wife and children to move into exile. They went to Egypt and François spent the rest of his childhood there, before going to Hungary for education. He returned to Congo in the 1990s as rebellion against Mobutu began, and started a small Lumumbist political movement there. Though his movement remains small, François remains involved in Congolese po ...

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Patrice Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba - Path to Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba - Independence Day: Tears Fire and Blood Speech, Patrice Lumumba - Deposed and arrested, Patrice Lumumba - Death of Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba - François Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba - Tributes, Patrice Lumumba - Notes, Patrice Lumumba - Filmography, Patrice Lumumba - Archive Footage, Patrice Lumumba - Books

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The compromise satisfied no one, though it was a particularly sharp embarrassment for Khrushchev and the Soviet Union, who were seen as retreating from circumstances that they had started, whilst, if played well, it could have looked like just the opposite; the USSR gallantly saving the world from nuclear holocaust by not insisting on restoring the nuclear equilibrium. Khrushchev's fall from power two years later can be partially linked to Politburo embarrassment at both Khrushchev's eventual concessions to the US and his ineptitu ...

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Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis - The U-2 flights, Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. response, Cuban Missile Crisis - Aftermath

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Sixty-seven days after he came to power, Patrice Lumumba was dismissed by state president Joseph Kasavubu. Lumumba, in turn, tried to dismiss Kasavubu, but to no avail. Lumumba was placed under informal house arrest at the prime minister's residence. UN troops were positioned around the house to protect him. Lumumba now made perhaps the worst decision of his life: he decided to escape. Smuggled out of his residence at night in a visiting diplomat's car, he began a long journey towards Stanleyville. Mobutu's troops were in hot pursuit. Finally trapped on the banks of the Sankuru River, ...

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Patrice Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba - Path to Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba - Independence Day: Tears Fire and Blood Speech, Patrice Lumumba - Deposed and arrested, Patrice Lumumba - Death of Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba - François Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba - Tributes, Patrice Lumumba - Notes, Patrice Lumumba - Filmography, Patrice Lumumba - Archive Footage, Patrice Lumumba - Books

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A U-2 flight in late August photographed a new series of SAM sites being constructed, but on September 4, 1962 Kennedy told Congress that there were no offensive missiles in Cuba. On the night of September 8, the first consignment of SS-4 MRBMs was unloaded in Havana, and a second shipload arrived on September 16. The Soviets were building nine sites — six for SS-4s and three for SS-5s with a range of 4,000 km (2,400 statute miles). The planned arsenal was forty launch ...

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Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis - The U-2 flights, Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. response, Cuban Missile Crisis - Aftermath

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In July 1933, Stevenson took a position as special attorney and assistant to Jerome Frank, the general counsel of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) a part of Roosevelt’s New Deal. Following the repeal of Prohibition in 1934, Stevenson changed jobs, becoming chief attorney for the Federal Alcohol Control Administration (FACA), a subsidiary of the AAA which regulated the activities of the alcohol industry. In 1935, Stevenson returned to Chicago and the practice of law. He became involved in civic activities, particularl ...

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Adlai Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson - Childhood education and early career, Adlai Stevenson - Marriage and children, Adlai Stevenson - 1933 to 1948, Adlai Stevenson - 1948 election as Illinois governor, Adlai Stevenson - 1952 presidential bid, Adlai Stevenson - 1956 presidential bid, Adlai Stevenson - 1960-1965, Adlai Stevenson - Other Facts of Note

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In 1947, Louis A. Kohn, a Chicago attorney, suggested to Stevenson that he consider running for political office. Stevenson, who had toyed with the idea of running for a political office for several years, entered the Illinois gubernatorial race and in November 1948 defeated incumbent Republican Dwight H. Green in a landslide. (The Pantagraph, which he partly owned, did not endorse his candidacy.) Principal among his achievements as Illinois governor were reorganizing the state police, cracking down on illegal gambling, and improving the sta ...

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Adlai Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson - Childhood education and early career, Adlai Stevenson - Marriage and children, Adlai Stevenson - 1933 to 1948, Adlai Stevenson - 1948 election as Illinois governor, Adlai Stevenson - 1952 presidential bid, Adlai Stevenson - 1956 presidential bid, Adlai Stevenson - 1960-1965, Adlai Stevenson - Other Facts of Note

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Stevenson married Ellen Borden, a wealthy socialite, in 1928. The couple had three sons, Borden (1930), Adlai III (1932), and John Fell (1936). In September 1949, Stevenson announced that the two were separating, and that he would not contest a divorce, which occurred later that year. Stevenson's sister, Buffy, served as "first lady" in the Illinois governor's mansion after the divorce. Stevenson dated various women during the rest of his life, including Katharine Graham fo ...

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Adlai Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson - Childhood education and early career, Adlai Stevenson - Marriage and children, Adlai Stevenson - 1933 to 1948, Adlai Stevenson - 1948 election as Illinois governor, Adlai Stevenson - 1952 presidential bid, Adlai Stevenson - 1956 presidential bid, Adlai Stevenson - 1960-1965, Adlai Stevenson - Other Facts of Note

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The compromise satisfied no one, though it was a particularly sharp embarrassment for Khrushchev and the Soviet Union, who were seen as retreating from circumstances that they had started, whilst, if played well, it could have looked like just the opposite; the USSR gallantly saving the world from nuclear holocaust by not insisting on restoring the nuclear equilibrium. Khrushchev's fall from power two years later can be partially linked to Politburo embarrassment at both Khrushchev's eventual concessions to the US and his ineptitu ...

See also:

Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis - Prelude, Cuban Missile Crisis - The Cuban Revolution, Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. missile sites in Turkey, Cuban Missile Crisis - Missile Deployment, Cuban Missile Crisis - The U-2 flights, Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. response, Cuban Missile Crisis - Aftermath

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With the news of the confirmed photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba, President Kennedy convened a special group of senior advisers to meet secretly at the White House. This group later became known as the ExComm, or Executive Committee of the National Security Council. From the morning of October 16 this group met frequently to devise a response to the threat. The officials had discussed the various options. An immediate bombing strike was dismissed early on, as was a potentially time-consuming appeal to the United Nations. ...

See also:

Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis - Prelude, Cuban Missile Crisis - The Cuban Revolution, Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. missile sites in Turkey, Cuban Missile Crisis - Missile Deployment, Cuban Missile Crisis - The U-2 flights, Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. response, Cuban Missile Crisis - Aftermath

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A U-2 flight in late August photographed a new series of SAM sites being constructed, but on September 4, 1962 Kennedy told Congress that there were no offensive missiles in Cuba. On the night of September 8, the first consignment of SS-4 MRBMs was unloaded in Havana, and a second shipload arrived on September 16. The Soviets were building nine sites — six for SS-4s and three for SS-5s with a range of 4,000 km (2,400 statute miles). The planned arsenal was forty launch ...

See also:

Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis - Prelude, Cuban Missile Crisis - The Cuban Revolution, Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. missile sites in Turkey, Cuban Missile Crisis - Missile Deployment, Cuban Missile Crisis - The U-2 flights, Cuban Missile Crisis - U.S. response, Cuban Missile Crisis - Aftermath

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In July 1933, Stevenson took a position as special attorney and assistant to Jerome Frank, the general counsel of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) a part of Roosevelt’s New Deal. Following the repeal of Prohibition in 1934, Stevenson changed jobs, becoming chief attorney for the Federal Alcohol Control Administration (FACA), a subsidiary of the AAA which regulated the activities of the alcohol industry. In 1935, Stephenson returned to Chicago and the practice of law. He became involved in civic activities, particular ...

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Adlai Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson - Childhood education and early career, Adlai Stevenson - Marriage and children, Adlai Stevenson - 1933 to 1948, Adlai Stevenson - 1948 election as Illinois governor, Adlai Stevenson - 1952 presidential bid, Adlai Stevenson - 1956 presidential bid, Adlai Stevenson - 1960-1965, Adlai Stevenson - Other Facts of Note

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