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'''Aleksei Alekseievich Rodionov''' (March 27, 1922 – May 18, 2013) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-[[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] diplomat who served as the [[Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Pakistan|Soviet Ambassador]] to Pakistan from 1971 until 1974 and the [[Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada]] after the [[Cold war]] from 1991 to 1992.

He is notable for his appointment that saw his involvement during the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1971|war with India]] in 1971 when the Soviet Union directed a secret message to [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Yahya Khan]] to come up with a peaceful political settlement for the [[East Pakistan]] to avoid going through the conflict with India.<ref name="Young Asia">{{cite book|last1=Sena|first1=Cāṇakya|title=The USSR in Asia: An Interperceptional Study of Soviet-Asian Relations, with a Critique of Soviet Role in Afghanistan|date=1980|publisher=Young Asia|page=231|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1zltAAAAMAAJ|access-date=22 December 2016|language=en}}</ref> The now-declassified '''Rodionov message''' ultimately warned Pakistan that "it will [be] embarking [on] a suicidal course if it escalates tensions in the subcontinent."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Service|first1=British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring|title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East|date=1971|publisher=Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation|location=London, UK|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ETRAAAAMAAJ|access-date=22 December 2016|language=en}}</ref>{{rp|part-3}}

Rodionov reportedly had an acrimonious meeting with President Yahya Khan a week after the [[Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation|Indo-Soviet treaty]] was signed.<ref name="Jackson1975">{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Robert |author-link=Robert Jackson (Wantage MP) |year=1975 |title=South Asian Crisis: India — Pakistan — Bangla Desh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tb6vCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA72 |publisher=Chatto & Windus |page=72 |isbn=978-1-349-04163-3 |language=en}}</ref> During his tenure, the Soviet Union's relations with Yahya Khan had met with demise but he worked towards repairing relations with Bhutto in 1971 when he lobbied in the Soviet Union for the establishment of the [[Pakistan Steel Mills]].<ref name="Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses.">{{cite book|title=News Review on South Asia and Indian Ocean|date=1972|publisher=Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VVU8AAAAMAAJ|page=16|access-date=22 December 2016|language=en}}</ref> On 24 January 1972, he delivered an official invitation to then-President [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] In Karachi to [[1972 Bhutto visit to Soviet Union|pay a state visit]] to [[Soviet Union]] that took place in 1974.<ref name="Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses."/> In 1974, Rodionov was recalled from his posting as Soviet ambassador to Pakistan in order to take up other duties. Soviet Ambassador Sarvar A. Azimov had succeeded him who stayed until 1980.<ref name="Mosaic Press">{{cite book|title=Leaders Soviétiques Contemporains|date=1986|publisher=Mosaic Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IT0IAQAAMAAJ|page=11|access-date=22 December 2016|language=en}}</ref>

After the [[Cold War]], he opted for [[Ukraine]] and served as [[Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada]] from 1991 until 1992.<ref name="The Service">{{cite book|title=Daily Report: Soviet Union|publisher=The Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7IrwAAAAMAAJ|pages=6–7|access-date=22 December 2016|language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
* [[Timeline of the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
* [[Military plans of the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
* [[Mitro Bahini order of battle]]
* [[Pakistan Army order of battle, December 1971]]
* [[Evolution of Pakistan Eastern Command plan]]
* [[1971 Bangladesh genocide]]
* [[Operation Searchlight]]
* [[Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts]]
* [[Military history of India]]
* [[List of military disasters]]
* [[List of wars involving India]]

==References==
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[[Category:Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Pakistan]]
[[Category:People of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Ukraine to Canada]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Turkey]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Canada]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Myanmar]]

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