Maxim Litvinov

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Born: Bialystok, Poland, Russian Empire [now Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland]

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Maxim Maximovich Litvinov (Макси́м Макси́мович Литви́нов, mɐˈksʲim mɐˈksʲiməvʲɪtɕ lʲɪˈtvʲinəf; born Meir Henoch Wallach-Finkelstein (17 July 1876 – 31 December 1951) was an ethnic Jewish Russian revolutionary and prominent Soviet diplomat.A strong advocate of diplomatic agreements leading towards disarmament, Litvinov was influential in making the Soviet Union a party to the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 and was chiefly responsible in 1929 for adoption of the so-called Litvinov Protocol, a multilateral agreement bringing Kellogg-Briand into force between the USSR and a number of neighboring states. In 1930 Litvinov was named as Peoples Commissar of Foreign Affairs, the top-ranking diplomatic position in the Soviet state. During the subsequent decade, Litvinov emerged as a leading voice for the official Soviet policy of collective security.In May 1939 Litvinov was sacked because he did not believe the West was serious about confronting Hitler and was replaced with Vyacheslav Molotov, who had to continue negotiations about an anti-Hitler alliance. Litvinov survived the Great Purge and war and a new round of anti-Jewish repression in the postwar years, dying a natural death in the USSR in 1951.

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