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Sergei Sazonov Сергей Сазонов | |
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 Sergei Sazonov | |
| Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire | |
| In office 11 October 1910 – 20 July 1916 | |
| Monarch | Nicholas II |
| Prime Minister | Pyotr Stolypin Vladimir Kokovtsov Ivan Goremykin Boris Stürmer |
| Preceded by | Alexander Izvolsky |
| Succeeded by | Boris Stürmer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1860 Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 11 December 1927 (aged 67) Nice, France |
| Spouse | Anna Neidhardt |
| Alma mater | Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum |
| Profession | Diplomat, Russian foreign minister |
Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov GCB (Russian: Сергей Дмитриевич Сазонов; 10 August 1860 in Ryazan Governorate – 11 December 1927) was a Russian statesman and diplomat who served as Foreign Minister 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 that his chief preoccupation was "to reduce the temperature of international relations, especially in the Balkans".[1]
- ^ John M. Bourne. Who's Who in World War One. Routledge, 2001. ISBN 0-415-14179-6. Page 259.