Anatoly Chernyaev

Anatoly Sergeevich Chernyaev (May 25, 1921 – March 12, 2017) was a Russian politician and writer, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR, who became foreign-policy advisor to General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986-1991.

After fighting in World War II, Chernyaev studied history at Moscow State University, History Faculty, and later taught contemporary history from 1950 to 1958. In 1961, he joined the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, where he became a senior analyst. In March 1976, he was promoted to Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1986, he became General Secretary Gorbachev's foreign-policy advisor and continued to advise Gorbachev when the latter became President of the Soviet Union.