What is Yevgeny Samoteykin?
'''Yevgeny Matveyevich Samoteykin''' ({{Lang-ru|Евгений Матвеевич Самотейкин}}); 18 October 1928 &ndash; 20 July 2014) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Russians|Russian]] [[diplomat]]. He was a member of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]. He was the [[Ambassador]] of the [[Soviet Union]] to [[Australia]] and to a lesser-degree, [[Nauru]], [[Fiji]] and [[Vanuatu]]. He served from 24 April 1983 until 22 August 1990. He was also the Ambassador to [[Papua New Guinea]] from 1986 until 1990. Samoteykin was born in [[Saint Petersburg]]. He graduated from the [[Moscow State Institute of International Relations]] in 1952. Samoteykin died on 20 July 2014, aged 85.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/bdomp/personnel-matters.nsf/81ba746fc6ca9aa8442579a30028c987/1269481015d5d50644257d1c00328496!OpenDocument|title=О кончине Самотейкина Е.М.|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation|date=21 July 2014|accessdate=29 July 2014|language=Russian}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Samoteykin, Yevgeny}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the Soviet Union]] [[Category:People from Saint Petersburg]] {{Bio-stub}}