Maxim Litvinov
Soviet diplomat and foreign minister (1876–1951)
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- 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
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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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