MAKSIM LITVINOV
Of Jews parents (his real name was Mejer Wallakh), Litvinov was
born in Bialystok in 1876. When was counting twenty-two
years was affiliated to the Russian Socialdemocratic Party, and
as militant of the same was stopped and deported to Siberia (1900);
in 1902 procured be
evaded and fled abroad. The revolution of 1917 would make
to him to return to his country, where began to accomplish diplomatic
missions. Attended the important conference of Geneve in
1922 and substituted to Tchichérin in the Ministery of
the People for Foreign Matters. The conference of Geneva
of 1932 would put to Litvinov on the apex of his prestige.
The rise of Hitler to the power to him guide his political toward
an approximation with the western nations.
Obtained of United States the recognition of the Soviet regime
signed with France an agreement of help. However, on account
of the agreements of Munich, that in Moscow were interpreted as
an accentuation of the isolation of the Soviet Union, it was rejected
in the XVIII Congress of the SUCP, demoted, and substituted by
Molotov in 1939. With the German - Soviet agreement would
obtain the rehabilitation. Ambassador in Washington
in 1941, covenanted an assistance agreement with United States
and participated in numerous conferences until 1943.
His death was produced in Moscow in 1951.
