In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Maximovich and the family name is Litvinov.
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Maxim Litvinov
Максим Литвинов
Litvinov in 1932
Russian 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
Russian, Soviet
Political party
RSDLP (1898–1903) RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1951)
Spouse
Ivy Litvinov
Profession
Diplomat, civil servant
Maxim Maximovich Litvinov (Russian pronunciation:[mɐkˈsʲimmɐkˈsʲiməvʲɪtɕlʲɪˈtvʲinəf]; born Meir Henoch Wallach-Finkelstein; 17 July 1876 – 31 December 1951) was a Russian revolutionary and prominent Soviet statesman and diplomat who served as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs from 1930 to 1939.
Litvinov was an advocate for diplomatic agreements leading to disarmament, and was influential in making the Soviet Union a party to the 1928 Kellogg–Briand Pact. He was also responsible for the 1929 Litvinov Protocol, a multilateral agreement to implement the Kellogg-Briand Pact between the Soviet Union and several neighboring states.
In 1930, Litvinov was appointed People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs, the highest diplomatic position in the USSR. During the 1930s, Litvinov advocated the official Soviet policy of collective security with Western powers against Nazi Germany.[1]
^"Maksim Litvinov". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 13 July 2023.
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