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Maxim Litvinov

1876 - 1951

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Maxim Maximovich Litvinov (Russian pronunciation: [mɐkˈsʲim mɐkˈsʲiməvʲɪtɕ lʲɪˈtvʲinəf]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maxim Litvinov has received more than 593,236 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Maxim Litvinov is the 2,705th most popular politician (down from 2,485th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Poland (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Polish Politician.

Maxim Litvinov was a Soviet diplomat who was most famous for his role in negotiating the Treaty of Non-Aggression between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maxim Litvinov ranks 2,705 out of 19,576. Before him are John I of Aragon, Admetus, Alfred Hugenberg, Prithviraj Chauhan, Senedj, and Safi of Persia. After him are Joanna II of Naples, Henry III of Castile, Dionysius II of Syracuse, Ayas Mehmed Pasha, Mithridates I of Parthia, and Mariano Rajoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Maxim Litvinov ranks 28. Before him are Róbert Bárány, Robert Guérin, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Max Jacob, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, and Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia. After him are Wilhelm Cuno, Kim Koo, Bruno Walter, Sherwood Anderson, Paula Modersohn-Becker, and John Macleod. Among people deceased in 1951, Maxim Litvinov ranks 16. Before him are Arnold Sommerfeld, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Hermann Broch, August Horch, Otto Ohlendorf, and Alfred Hugenberg. After him are Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Sinclair Lewis, Amélie of Orléans, Harald Bohr, Zaifeng, Prince Chun, and Paul Blobel.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Maxim Litvinov ranks 158 out of 1,694. Before him are Alfred Tarski (1901), Miroslav Klose (1978), Ignacy Mościcki (1867), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), Rochus Misch (1917), and Erich Mendelsohn (1887). After him are Christa Wolf (1929), William I of Württemberg (1781), Hermann Balck (1893), Georg Michaelis (1857), Robert Lewandowski (1988), and Witold Lutosławski (1913).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Maxim Litvinov ranks 40. Before him are Władysław Gomułka (1905), Zvi Zamir (1925), Albrecht von Roon (1803), Bronisław Komorowski (1952), Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086), and Arthur Liebehenschel (1901). After him are William I of Württemberg (1781), Georg Michaelis (1857), Bolesław Bierut (1892), Władysław Anders (1892), Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884), and Andrzej Duda (1972).

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