Died 1927-12-01.
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Sergey Sazonov
Sergei Dmitriyevich Sazonov GCB was a Russian statesman and diplomat who served as the foreign minister of Russia from November 1910 to July 1916. The degree of his involvement in the events leading up to the outbreak of World War I is a matter of keen debate, with some historians putting the blame for an early and provocative mobilization squarely on Sazonov's shoulders, and others maintaining th…
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politics · Russian statesman and diplomat (1860–1927) · diplomat · politician · minister · author · foreign minister · also Sergey Sazonov, Sergei Dmitriyevich Sazonov, Sergej Dmitrievič Sazonov, Sergej Dmitrijevič Sazonov, Sergey Sazonoff, Sazonov
Born 10 August 1860 · Died 1 December 1927 · Q438489
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1919· 1 entry
Represented the Provisional All-Russian Government, the Allied recognized government of Russia, at the Paris Peace Conference
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1917· 2 entries
Sazonov was appointed ambassador to Great Britain, but found it necessary to remain in Russia, where he witnessed the February Revolution
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Career landmark: Ambassador of the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1917–1917).
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1916· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (1916).
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Awarded Order of the White Eagle (1916).
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1914· 1 entry
That Russia, "would respond militarily to any action against the client state
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1913· 1 entry
When the Kaiser sent one of his generals to reorganize the Turkish army and to supervise the garrison in Constantinople on request of the Ottomans, remarking that "the German flag will soon fly over the fortifications of
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1912· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Saint Anna, 1st class (1912).
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1910· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class (1910).
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Career landmark: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russian Empire) (1910–1916).
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1860· 1 entry
Born 1860-08-10.
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