Vladimir Sergeyevich Lavrov (Russian: ???????? ????????? ??????; 4 October 1919 – 7 June 2011) was a Soviet diplomat and ambassador.
Lavrov graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and defended a habilitation in historical sciences.
He took the following diplomatic positions:
1947–1952 – official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1952–1953 – First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy to the United Kingdom
1953–1956 – assistant to the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union
1956–1959 – adviser at the Soviet Embassy to the United States
1959–1960 – curator of Soviet-Yemen relations
1960–1964 – senior official at the European division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1964–1967 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Kenya
1967–1973 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the Netherlands
1973–1977 – director of the Personnel Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1977–1983 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Switzerland
1983–1987 – Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Turkey