Sergey Sazonov
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Russian statesman and diplomat (1860-1927)
Key facts
- Monarch
- Nicholas II
- Prime minister
- Pyotr Stolypin , Vladimir Kokovtsov , Ivan Goremykin , Boris Stürmer
- Preceded by
- Alexander Izvolsky
- Succeeded by
- Boris Stürmer
- Born
- ( 1860-08-10 ) 10 August 1860, Ryazan Governorate , Russia
- Died
- 11 December 1927 (1927-12-11) (aged 67), Nice , France
- Spouse
- Anna Borisovna von Neidhardt
- Alma mater
- Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
- Profession
- Diplomat, Russian foreign minister
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sergey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Ryazan
- Place of death
- Nice
- Occupation
- minister
- Position held
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russian Empire)
- Educated at
- Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Field of work
- politics
- Image
- Sergei Dmitrijewitsch Sasonow.jpg
- Work location
- Soviet Union
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- Commons category
- Sergey Sazonov
- date of birth
- 1860-01-01
- date of death
- 1927-01-01
- name in native language
- Сергей Дмитриевич Сазонов
- place of burial
- Russian Orthodox Cemetery in Nice
- writing language
- Russian
- ethnic group
- Russians
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Encyclopedic overview
Sergei Dmitriyevich Sazonov GCB (Russian: Серге́й Дми́триевич Сазо́нов; 10 August 1860 – 11 December 1927) was a Russian statesman and diplomat who served as the foreign minister of Russia from November 1910 to July 1916. The degree of his involvement in the events leading up to the outbreak of World War I is a matter of keen debate, with some historians putting the blame for an early and provocative mobilization squarely on Sazonov's shoulders, and others maintaining that his chief preoccupation was "to reduce the temperature of international relations, especially in the Balkans".
Early career
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