Vyshinsky

VyshinskyAndrei Yanuaryevich18831954MRussianLAW: juristPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: diplomat Andrei Yanuaryevich (anˈdrjej jənuˈarjɪvitʃ). 1883–1954, Soviet jurist, statesman, and diplomat; foreign minister (1949–53). He was public prosecutor (1935–38) at the trials held to purge Stalin's rivals and was the Soviet representative at the United Nations (1945–49; 1953–54)