Boris Nikolayevich Ponomarev () (17 January 1905 – 21 December 1995) was a Soviet politician, ideologist, historian and member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. His patron in his rise to the Politburo was Mikhail Suslov.
His name would more accurately be transliterated as "Ponomaryov," though the form "Ponomarev" has become more frequent.
Career
From 1955 to 1986, Ponomarev was chief of the International Department of the CPSU Central Committee. He occupied an office within Central Committee headquarters until the 1991 August Coup, which he is said to have supported.
In 1962, Ponomarev wrote an updated state history of the CPSU to replace Stalin's 1938 The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as part of the Khrushchev Thaw.
His December 1962 speech at the All-Union Conference of Historians was a major turning point in the development of Soviet historiography.
Publications
Plot against the Soviet Union and world peace (1938) Soviet Foreign Policy Vol. 1 1917 - 1945, edited with Anatoly Gromyko, Progress Publishers, 1980 History of Soviet Foreign Policy 1945-1970, edited with Anatoly Gromyko, Progress Publishers, 1974
References
External links
Russian Academy of Sciences: Profile
1905 births
1995 deaths
People from Zaraysky District
People from Zaraysky Uyezd
Candidates of the Central Committee of the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Candidates of the Politburo of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Candidates of the Politburo of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Candidates of the Politburo of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Secretariat of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Secretariat of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Secretariat of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Secretariat of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Secretariat of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Fifth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Sixth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Seventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Eighth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Ninth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Tenth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Eleventh convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1967–1971 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1971–1975 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1975–1980 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1980–1985 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1985–1990 Soviet historians Labor historians Historians of communism Historians of Russia Russian political scientists Geopoliticians Institute of Red Professors alumni Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Lenin Prize Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour 20th-century political scientists