Vladimir Sergeyevich Lavrov (Russian: Владимир Сергеевич Лавров; 4 October, 1919 – 7 June, 2011) was a Russian diplomat and ambassador of the Soviet Union.
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