Vyacheslav Molotov Research Paper

Mr. Molotov’s Life of War According to Nikita Khrushchev, “Molotov took the name hammer just as Stalin had taken the name steel, and Stalin did indeed use Molotov to smash his opposition into submission and to pound his own power base into shapes” showing that Molotov was a tool for construction that Stalin used as he saw fit. Vyacheslav’s original last name was Skryabin, but changed it to Molotov which literally meant the hammer. Molotov was arrested and banished twice in his lifetime, once to Vologda Province, and the second time to the province of Irkutsk in Siberia. In about 1930, Molotov became the Council of People’s Commissars, i.e. the Prime Minister (“Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov”). Vyacheslav Molotov, a Russian man who was …show more content…
Stated in the article “Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov” “Unlike most Bolsheviks, Molotov spent no time abroad, and when World War I broke out, he was still in Russia” (“Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov”) , giving an example of Molotov’s persistence with being in Russia. As a member of the Bolshevik party since 1906, Molotov was very widespread throughout the party (“Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov”). Molotov took the place of a leader of the Bolsheviks after he escaped from his exile from Siberia. (Simkin). According to the Encyclopedia Britannica article “Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov” “Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Molotov was picked by Stalin to replace Maksim Litvinov as the Soviet commissar of foreign affairs (May 1939)” (“Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov”) further explaining how he lived through both world wars. During World War II, Molotov participated in many conferences which would later create the United Nations (Simkin). Molotov, having become a major part of the Council of the People’s Commissars, held his position for a decade, and became very involved in foreign affairs (“Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov”). Overall, Molotov became very important in Russian politics and thrived through both world