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Sergei Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Кудрявцев; 1915–1998) was a senior Soviet intelligence officer who served as the Soviet Ambassador to Cuba from August 22, 1960 to May 30, 1962. Kudryavtsev did not speak Spanish, nor did he have connections with the Cuban government. As a result, Alexander Alexeyev, who had been in Cuba since 1959, served as his cultural advisor for the duration of his appointment. Kudryavstev was expelled from Cuba in 1962 by Fidel Castro for open and excessive political activities, and was replaced by Alexeyev.

References

1. Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich (2007). Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev. Volume 3, Statesman,1953-1964. Khrushchev, Sergeĭ. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University. ISBN 978-0271058580. OCLC 162002083.
2. "Interview with Alexander Alekseyev [Soviet Ambassador to Cuba]" (PDF). National Security Archive. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
3. Gonzalez, Servando (2002). The Nuclear deception : Nikita Khrushchev and the Cuban missile crisis. Oakland, CA: Spooks Books. ISBN 0971139156. OCLC 52500165.

• 1915 births
• 1998 deaths
• 20th-century diplomats
• Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Austria
• Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Cambodia
• Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Cuba
• Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• 20th-century Russian diplomats
• Soviet diplomats