Background
SMIRNOVSKY, Mikhail was born on August 7, 1921 in Tver (now Kalinin).
SMIRNOVSKY, Mikhail was born on August 7, 1921 in Tver (now Kalinin).
Secondary school, Kalinin, and Moscow Aviation Institute.
Engineer, Moscow; Diplomatic Service since 1948. Joined staff of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Representation in Far East Commission 1949. Later Third and First Secretary, Washington.
Assistant, later Deputy Head, United States Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1955-1958.
Counsellor, later Counsellor-Minister, Washington 1958-1962. Head of United States Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 66.
Ambassador to United Kingdom 1966-1973, concurrently to Malta 1967-1973.
Central Auditing Commission, of Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1966-1976.