Maxim Litvinov

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Maxim Litvinov was a prominent Soviet diplomat and foreign minister best known for advocating collective security against fascism and helping lay early groundwork for international cooperation later reflected in the United Nations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet diplomat
foreign minister
human
birthName Meir Henoch Wallach-Finkelstein
burialPlace Moscow
Novodevichy Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Soviet Union
dateOfBirth 1876-07-17
dateOfDeath 1951-12-31
educatedAt Białystok real school
employer Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
surface form: People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs
ethnicGroup Jews
hasCauseOfDeath heart attack
ideology Marxism–Leninism
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
French
Russian
memberOfPoliticalParty Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Bolsheviks

Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
movement anti-fascism
internationalism
name Maxim Litvinov self-link
notableFor advocacy of collective security against fascism
contribution to early ideas of international cooperation later reflected in the United Nations
role in Soviet foreign policy in the interwar period
occupation diplomat
politician
participatedIn Assembly of the League of Nations
surface form: League of Nations diplomacy

negotiations for Soviet–U.S. diplomatic recognition
placeOfBirth Białystok
Grodno Governorate
Russian Empire
placeOfDeath Moscow
Russian SFSR
Soviet Union
positionHeld Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs
People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
Soviet ambassador to the United States
religion atheism
residence Geneva
London, England
surface form: London

Moscow
sexOrGender male
spouse Ivy Litvinov
workLocation Geneva
Moscow
Washington, D.C.

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Maxim Litvinov name Maxim Litvinov self-link