Vladimir Nikolayevich Lamsdorff Владимир Николаевич Ламсдорф | |
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Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire | |
In office 6 January 1901 – 11 May 1906 | |
Monarch | Nicholas II |
Preceded by | Mikhail Muravyov |
Succeeded by | Alexander Izvolsky |
Personal details | |
Born | St. Petersburg, Russia | January 6, 1845
Died | March 19, 1907 San Remo, Italy | (aged 62)
Alma mater | Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum Page Corps |
Occupation | Diplomat, Foreign Minister of Russia |
Awards | see awards |
Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Lamsdorf (Russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Ла́мсдорф; German: Wladimir Nikolajewitsch Freiherr[1] von der Wenge Graf[2] Lambsdorff; January 6 [O.S. December 25] 1845 – March 19 [O.S. March 6] 1907) was an Imperial Russian statesman of Baltic German descent who served as Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire in 1900–1906, a crucial period which included the Russo-Japanese War and the Russian Revolution of 1905.