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Maxim Litvinov
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Soviet diplomat and foreign minister (1876–1951)
Key facts
- Premier
- Joseph Stalin
- Preceded by
- Konstantin Umansky
- Succeeded by
- Andrei Gromyko
- Born
- Meir Henoch Mojszewicz Wallach-Finkelstein , ( 1876-07-17 ) 17 July 1876, Białystok , Russian Empire
- Died
- 31 December 1951 (1951-12-31) (aged 75), Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Party
- RSDLP (1898–1903) , RSDLP ( Bolsheviks ) (1903–1918) , Russian Communist Party (1918–1951)
- Spouse
- Ivy Litvinov
- Relatives
- Pavel Litvinov (grandson), Nina M. Litvinova (granddaughter)
- Profession
- Diplomat, civil servant
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maksim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Białystok
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Spouse
- Ivy Low Litvinov
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- ambassador
- Political party
- Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- Yiddish
- Participant in
- 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party
- Image
- Максим Литвинов (1946).jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Commons category
- Maxim Litvinov
- date of birth
- 1876-07-17
- date of death
- 1951-12-31
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize
- writing language
- Russian
- name in native language
- Максим Литвинов
- P12749
- Ruud Lubbers
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Encyclopedic overview
Maxim Maximovich Litvinov ( Russian pronunciation: [mɐkˈsʲim mɐkˈsʲiməvʲɪtɕ lʲɪˈtvʲinəf]; born Meir Henoch Wallach-Finkelstein; 17 July 1876 – 31 December 1951) was a Russian revolutionary and prominent Soviet statesman and diplomat who served as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs from 1930 to 1939.
Litvinov was an advocate for diplomatic agreements leading to disarmament, and was influential in making the Soviet Union a party to the 1928 Kellogg–Briand Pact. He was also responsible for the 1929 Litvinov Protocol, a multilateral agreement to implement the Kellogg-Briand Pact between the Soviet Union and several neighboring states.
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