Viktor Sukhodrev

Viktor Sukhodrev
Sukhodrev (center) interpreting during the Brezhnev–Nixon meeting, 1973
Born	Viktor Mikhailovich Sukhodrev (1932-12-12)12 December 1932 Kaunas, Lithuania
Died	16 May 2014(2014-05-16) (aged 81) Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)	Linguistic interpreter and translator
Spouses	Inna Kmit ​ (divorced)​ Inga Okunevskaya ​ (died)​
Children	1

Viktor Mikhailovich Sukhodrev (Russian: Виктор Михайлович Суходрев; 12 December 1932 – 16 May 2014) was a Soviet and Russian diplomat and translator, known for being a personal interpreter for Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail Gorbachev, as well as high-ranking Soviet politicians including Alexei Kosygin, Andrei Gromyko, Anastas Mikoyan, and Frol Kozlov.