Cuban Missile Crisis
Zorin challenged the American quarantine at the Security Council and rejected United States accusations about offensive Soviet weapons.
Role range: 1960-1962
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Valerian Zorin Biography and Timeline
Follow Valerian Zorin through 3 dated historical records for Russia.
Valerian Zorin, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1962–1962Years on this page
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Zorin faced Stevenson's presentation of aerial photographs after declining to confirm that Soviet missiles had been installed in Cuba.
Role range: 1960-1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Zorin refused to answer Stevenson's demand for an immediate admission that Soviet missiles were present in Cuba.
Records, sources and methodology
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