Soviet ambassador to New Zealand. He was expelled on 24 Jan 1980 for transferring money from Moscow to the NZ Socialist Unity Party
Sofinsky, Vsevelod N, active 1980
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Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[25 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in January-July and ...
Date: 1980 - 1981
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-362-001/025
Description: Cartoons on international and New Zealand political and social issues. Quantity: 25 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
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Socialist Unity Party - The Sofinsky affair
Date: 1980
From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera
Reference: 94-106-70/17
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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[Working drawings for cartoons]
Date: [ca 1980-1984]
From: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003 :[Original cartoons, albums of clippings and a metal printing plate, created by and belonging to Ronald Kennedy (Ronken), ca 1967-1983]
Reference: A-456-086
Description: Two working drawings for cartoons by Ronald Edwin Kennedy on a sheet of paper. One drawing shows the head of an unidentified man and text reading "Sofinsky working class hero, SUP/Poland". May refer to Vsevolod Sofinsky, the Soviet Union ambassador who was expelled from New Zealand in 1980 for allegedly giving money to the SUP (Socialist Unity Party). The other drawings shows a full figure of an unidentified man and text reading "weekend ban on petrol sales to be lifted BIRCH" and "Marginal Lands Board inquiry $106 thou". May refer to Bill Birch, Minister of Energy for Muldoon's National government; the lifting of a weekend ban on petrol sales, and the Marginal Lands Board inquiry which involved National Party MP Duncan MacIntyre who served as Deputy Prime Minister 1981-1984. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Blue biro working drawing, pencil and blue biro notes, 224 x 148mm.
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Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :[Expulsion of the Soviet Ambassador to New Zealand, V S...
Date: 1980
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Robert Muldoon cartoons. [1975-1984?]
Reference: B-127-030
Description: Rob Muldoon is depicted as a hunter with a smoking rifle tucked under one arm and cartridges in his top pocket. He has just riddled a small bear (Sofinsky) with bullets. It is being held by another hunter with a rifle slung over his shoulder. Mulddon is looking very pleased with himself and is giving the thumbs up sign. Two large angry bears are running up from behind (Mother & Father Russia). In Jan 1980 New Zealand expelled the Soviet ambassador for transferring money from Moscow to the New Zealand Socialist Unity Party (SUP). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, 280 x 355 cm