Georgy Chicherin
Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin (or Tchitcherin; Russian: Георгий Васильевич Чичерин; 24 November 1872 – 7 July 1936) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and a Soviet politician who served as the first People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs in the Soviet government from March 1918 to July 1930.
Georgy Chicherin | |
|---|---|
Георгий Чичерин | |
Chicherin c. 1925–30 | |
| People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 6 July 1923 – 21 July 1930 | |
| Premier | Vladimir Lenin Alexey Rykov |
| Preceded by | None—post established |
| Succeeded by | Maxim Litvinov |
| People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 9 April 1918 – 6 July 1923 | |
| Premier | Vladimir Lenin |
| Preceded by | Leon Trotsky |
| Succeeded by | None—post abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 November 1872 Chicherin Estate, Karaul, Kirsanovsky Uyezd, Tambov, Russian Empire |
| Died | 7 July 1936 (aged 63) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Political party | RSDLP (Mensheviks) (1905–1918) All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1918–1936) |
| Profession | Statesman, diplomat |
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