“Fascism is the bourgeoisie’s fighting organisation that relies on the active support of Social-Democracy. Social-Democracy is objectively the moderate wing of fascism.”
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Maxim Litvinov
Maxim Maximovich Litvinov was a Russian revolutionary and prominent Soviet statesman and diplomat who served as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs from 1930 to 1939.
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politics · Soviet diplomat and foreign minister (1876–1951) · politician · diplomat · also Maxim Litvinov, Maxim Litvinoff, Maxim Maximovich Litvinov, Maksim Maksimovitch Litvinov, Litvinov
Born 17 July 1876 · Died 31 December 1951 · Q310100
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2026· 10 entries
“What we need is a second front”
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“We always realized the danger which a Hitler victory in the West could constitute for us”
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“Does that mean you consider me an enemy of the people?”
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“My more than 40 years in the Party oblige me to say what I think about what has happened. I do not understand why I am being dealt with in such a peremptory style.”
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“The Pact was absolutely necessary”
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“the Nazi-Soviet Pact had not inspired her husband with much confidence”
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“According to my firm belief he [Stalin] had done so because Litvinov had pressed for an understanding with France and Britain while Stalin thought the Western powers were aiming to have the Soviet Union pull the chestnuts out of the fire in the event of war”
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“We can expect urgent and complex negotiations with the French and especially the British. We need to monitor public opinion and try to influence it.”
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Maxim Litvinov, Former Soviet Foreign Minister, Dies at 75
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2023· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: Maxim Litvinov
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1951· 1 entry
Died 1951-12-31.
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1946· 1 entry
The British Government would accuse the Soviet Union of not complying with Litvinov's definition
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1945· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1945).
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1941· 3 entries
Career landmark: Soviet Ambassador to the United States (1941–1943).
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Where they were greeted by Mr and Mrs Gromyko and Mrs Umansky
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Showing his pleasure at Litvinov's appointment as Soviet ambassador to the United States
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1936· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1936).
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1935· 1 entry
Litvinov negotiated the Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance and another treaty with Czechoslovakia with the aim of containing Nazi Germany's aggression
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1933· 2 entries
The Greek Chairman of the Political Commission of the League of Nations stated:It was with special pleasure he paid this tribute to the Soviet delegation since it demonstrated beyond doubt that when men rose above the co
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Litvinov was instrumental in winning a long-sought formal diplomatic recognition of the Soviet government by the United States
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1930· 3 entries
Litvinov was appointed People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs, the highest diplomatic position in the USSR
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Joseph Stalin appointed Litvinov People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs
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Career landmark: People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (1930–1939).
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1924· 1 entry
Full diplomatic relations were restored under the MacDonald Labour government
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1921· 2 entries
And given the Soviet Government de jure recognition in 1923, and HM Government had recently indicated that it intended to maintain its relationship with the Soviet Government
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Litvinov was appointed First Deputy People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs, second in command to People's Commissar Georgy Chicherin (1872–1936)
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1916· 1 entry
Married Ivy Low, the daughter of a Jewish university professor
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1914· 1 entry
The Russian government requested all Russian émigrés who were in allied England and eligible for military service return to serve in the Imperial Russian Army
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1912· 1 entry
Replaced Lenin as the Bolshevik representative on the International Socialist Bureau
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1907· 1 entry
Litvinov attended the fifth RSDLP congress in London
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1906· 1 entry
Maxim Litvinov left the country and spent the next ten years as an émigré and arms dealer for the party
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1900· 1 entry
Litvinov became a member of the Kiev party committee, all of whom were arrested in 1901
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1893· 1 entry
Joined the army but was discharged in 1898 after he allegedly disobeyed an order to fire into a crowd of striking workers in Baku
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1881· 1 entry
Moses Wallach was arrested, held in prison for six weeks, then released without charge
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1876· 1 entry
Born 1876-07-17.
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