Ivan Vasilyevich Arkhipov (; Kaluga, – Moscow, 28 February 1998) was a Soviet and Russian statesman who was First Deputy of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1986. In 1950 Stalin sent him as an economic adviser to China, where he spent much of the next 10 years. Honours and awards Hero of Socialist Labour (1977) Five Orders of Lenin Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice References 1907 births 1997 deaths People from Kaluga People from Kaluzhsky Uyezd Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members People's commissars and ministers of the Soviet Union Ninth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Tenth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Eleventh convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Russian communists Soviet expatriates in China Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery