Ivan Arkhipov

Ivan Vasilyevich Arkhipov (Ива́н Васи́льевич Архи́пов; 18 April 1907 – 28 February 1998) was a Soviet and Russian statesman who was First Deputy of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1986.

In 1950 Stalin sent him as an economic adviser to China, where he spent much of the next 10 years.

Honours and awards

 * Hero of Socialist Labour (1977)
 * Five Orders of Lenin
 * Order of the October Revolution
 * Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice