Leonid Krasin
Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician and diplomat (1870–1926) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Borisovich and the family name is Krasin.
Leonid Borisovich Krasin (Russian: Леонид Борисович Красин; 27 July [O.S. 15 July] 1870 – 24 November 1926) was a Russian Soviet politician, engineer, social entrepreneur, Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet diplomat. In 1924 he became the first Soviet ambassador to France. A year later, he left Paris to become ambassador to London, where he remained until his death. He was an early and close associate of Vladimir Lenin and his financier and the first finance wizard of the Communist Party.[1]
Quick Facts People's Commissar for Foreign Trade, Premier ...
Leonid Borisovich Krasin | |
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Леонид Борисович Красин | |
People's Commissar for Foreign Trade | |
In office 6 July 1923 – 18 November 1925 | |
Premier | Alexei Rykov |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Alexander Tsiurupa |
People's Commissar for Trade and Industry | |
In office November 1918 – June 1920 | |
People's Commissar for Transport | |
In office March 1919 – December 1920 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Leonid Borisovich Krasin (1870-07-27)27 July 1870 Kurgan, Kurgansky Uyezd, Tobolsk Governorate, West-Siberian Governorate-General [ru], Russian Empire (now Kurgan Oblast, Russian Federation) |
Died | 24 November 1926(1926-11-24) (aged 56) London, England, United Kingdom |
Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow |
Citizenship | Russian Empire Russian Republic Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Union |
Political party | RSDLP (1898–1903) RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918) Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1918–1926) |
Alma mater | Kharkov Technological Institute |
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