Andrei Ivanovich Stepanov (Russian: Андрей Иванович Степанов; died 17 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian diplomat, professor, and author. Stepanov was born 13 February 1930 in Kaluga, Soviet Union, to Ivan Fedorovich Stepanov, and Lidiia Ivanovna Stepanova. After graduating Lomonosov Moscow State University, specializing in history, in 1953, he worked in the Higher Diplomatic School of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1956, he was sent to East Germany, first as the Soviet Vice Consul to Rostock, and later as the second secretary of the Soviet Embassy to East Germany. From 1962 to 1978 he taught at the Higher Diplomatic School, advancing from senior instructor to first prorector. He earned his Candidate of Sciences degree in history in 1958, and Doctor of Sciences in history in 1