Died 1936-07-07.
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Georgy Chicherin
Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin 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.
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politics · Soviet revolutionary, politician, and diplomat (1872–1936) · politician · diplomat · musicologist · revolutionary · also Georgy Chicherin, Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin, Chicherin
Born 24 November 1872 · Died 7 July 1936 · Q313623
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1936· 2 entries
The official state newspaper Izvestia summarised his character by describing him as highly educated, an exceptional diplomat and a sophisticated art lover
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1930· 1 entry
Chicherin was formally replaced by his deputy, Maxim Litvinov
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1928· 1 entry
Chicherin stated that he wanted an improved relationship with capitalist countries to encourage foreign investment
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1927· 1 entry
“At a time when the British are working against us, we must take care of our relationship with other states. We have to nurture such relationships.”
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1924· 1 entry
Chicherin remained foreign minister, and Stalin valued his opinions
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1922· 1 entry
Chicherin participated in the Genoa Conference and signed the Treaty of Rapallo with Germany
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1920· 1 entry
Even suggested to Lenin, who agreed, that English workers should be formed into volunteer units
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1917· 1 entry
Was arrested by the British government for his antiwar writings, and he spent a few months in Brixton Prison
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1915· 1 entry
Moved to Britain, where he soon developed a friendship with Mary Bridges-Adams, an activist with the Plebs League and founding member of the Central Labour College
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1914· 1 entry
Chicherin adopted an antiwar position, which brought him closer to Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks
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1904· 1 entry
Chicherin inherited the estate of his famous uncle in Tambov Governorate and became very wealthy
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1872· 1 entry
Born 1872-11-24.
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