Vasily Valkov

Vasily Alekseyevich Valkov (Василий Алексеевич Вальков; 1904 – 1972) was a Soviet diplomat and political analyst.

Valkov held the following positions:


 * 1942–1945 – Advisor at the Soviet Embassy in London
 * 1945–1949 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the Netherlands
 * 1949–1951 – Deputy head of the Balkan Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * 1951–1953 – Head of the Balkan Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 * 1953–1955 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Yugoslavia
 * 1955–1956 – Official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * 1956–1972 – Official at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations

In the 1960s he published three books on international politics: