High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vyacheslav Ivanovich Dolgov (Russian: ), born 31 July 1937,is a Soviet and Russian diplomat and professor.After graduating from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1961, Dolgov entered the diplomatic corps of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1982-1984 he was an Adviser-Envoy at the Soviet Embassy in London.His first ambassadorial appointment came on 22 August 1990 when he was appointed as Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Australia, with concurrent accreditation to Fiji, Nauru and Vanuatu. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Dolgov continued as Russian ambassador to Australia[