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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 politician.
Maxim Litvinov | |
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Макси́м Литви́нов | |
Soviet Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 10 November 1941 – 22 August 1943 | |
Premier | Joseph Stalin |
Preceded by | Konstantin Umansky |
Succeeded by | Andrei Gromyko |
In office 1918–1919 | |
Premier | Vladimir Lenin |
Preceded by | Boris Bakhmeteff |
Succeeded by | Ludwig Martens |
People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union | |
In office 21 July 1930 – 3 May 1939 | |
Premier | Alexei Rykov Vyacheslav Molotov |
Preceded by | Georgy Chicherin |
Succeeded by | Vyacheslav Molotov |
Personal details | |
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 |
Nationality | Soviet |
Political party | RSDLP (1898–1903) RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1951) |
Profession | Diplomat, civil servant |
A strong advocate of diplomatic agreements leading towards disarmament, Litvinov was influential in making the Soviet Union a party to the Kellogg–Briand Pact of 1928 and was chiefly responsible in 1929 for adoption of the so-called Litvinov Protocol, a multilateral agreement bringing Kellogg-Briand into force between the Soviet Union and a number of neighboring states. In 1930, Litvinov was named as People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs, the highest diplomatic position in the Soviet state.
During the subsequent decade, Litvinov emerged as a leading voice for the official Soviet policy of collective security with the Western powers against Nazi Germany.[1]