Andrey Urnov
Andrey Urnov | |
|---|---|
Андрей Урнов | |
| Ambassador of Russia to Armenia | |
| In office 13 September 1994 – 12 November 1998 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Stupishin |
| Succeeded by | Anatoly Dryukov |
| Ambassador of the USSR/Russia to Namibia | |
| In office 15 August 1990 – 5 July 1994 | |
| President | Mikhail Gorbachev Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Baxtiyor Hakimov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrey Yuryevich Urnov 10 November 1937 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Died | 10 August 2025 (aged 87) Moscow, Russia |
| Party | CPSU (until 1991) |
| Education | Moscow State Institute of International Relations (DS) |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Andrey Yuryevich Urnov (Russian: Андрей Юрьевич Урнов; 10 November 1937 – 10 August 2025) was a Russian diplomat.[1] He was the elder brother of Soviet actor Mark Urnov[2]
Life and career
Born in Moscow on 10 November 1937, Urnov's mother was an actress in the Russian Army Theatre and attended the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School. His father worked on microscopes at a closed institute.[3] His paternal grandfather, Mark Kuchnir, was a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party, while his maternal grandfather was a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party.[4] He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1961 with a Doctor of Sciences in international relations. He served as deputy head of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and joined the Soviet Union's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990. From 15 August 1990 to 5 July 1994, he was ambassador of the USSR/Russia to Namibia.[5] He then served as ambassador of Russia to Armenia from 13 September 1994 to 12 November 1998.[6]
Urnov died in Moscow on 10 August 2025, at the age of 87.[7]
Awards
References
- ^ "О кончине А.Ю.Урнова". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Russian). 11 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ Alekseeva, Nina (3 September 2019). "Валерия Касамара делит декана «Вышки» с законной женой". Express Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "Интервью с Марком Урновым". Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center (in Russian). 4 May 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ Литература как жизнь. Том I. Дмитрий Урнов (in Russian). Izdatelʹstvo M. i S. Sabashnikovykh. 2021. ISBN 978-5-82-420178-9.
- ^ "Посольство СССР в Намибии". knowbysight.info (in Russian).
- ^ "Послы России в Армении". Embassy of Russia, Yerevan (in Russian).
- ^ "Некролог УРНОВ Андрей Юрьевич (10.11.1937 - 10.08.2025)". Institute for African Studies (in Russian). 11 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.