Maxim Maximovich Litvinov Biography

Birth of Maxim Maximovich Litvinov

Appointed Member of Social Democratic Party

Appointed Editor of the Social Democratic Labour Party's first legal newspaper, Novaya Zhizn (New Life) in St. Petersburg

Appointed Editor of the Social Democratic Labour Party's first legal newspaper, Novaya Zhizn (New Life) in St. Petersburg

When the Russian Government began arresting Bolsheviks Litvinov left the country and spent the next ten years living in London, where he was active in the International Socialist

When the Russian Government began arresting Bolsheviks Litvinov left the country and spent the next ten years living in London, where he was active in the International Socialist

When the Russian Government began arresting Bolsheviks Litvinov left the country and spent the next ten years living in London, where he was active in the International Socialist

When the Russian Government began arresting Bolsheviks Litvinov left the country and spent the next ten years living in London, where he was active in the International Socialist

After the October Revolution Litvinov is appointed by Vladimir Lenin as the Soviet Governments representative in Britain

Signed by the Soviet Union, Poland, Romania, Latvia and Estonia, in which those countries promise not to use force to settle their disputes (this was seen as an Eastern Kellogg-Briand Pact)

Publishes the English tract The Bolshevik Revolution: Its Rise and Meaning, distributed by the British Socialist Party

Publishes the English tract The Bolshevik Revolution: Its Rise and Meaning, distributed by the British Socialist Party

Publishes the English tract The Bolshevik Revolution: Its Rise and Meaning, distributed by the British Socialist Party

Negotiates Russian entry into the League of Nations with a permanent seat

Visits Barthou in Geneva to discuss a Soviet-French pact

Visits Barthou in Geneva to discuss a Soviet-French pact

Signs the Kellog Pact

Promises to protect socialism in Czechoslovakia, to keep the Bratislava Declaration, to denounce the 14th Party Congress and its resolutions, to restrain critical Czechoslovak media and to reject interference in the Eastern Bloc

Promises to protect socialism in Czechoslovakia, to keep the Bratislava Declaration, to denounce the 14th Party Congress and its resolutions, to restrain critical Czechoslovak media and to reject interference in the Eastern Bloc

Signed by the Soviet Union, Poland, Romania, Latvia and Estonia, in which those countries promise not to use force to settle their disputes (this was seen as an Eastern Kellogg-Briand Pact)

Litvinov Protocol between Russia, Estonia, Latvia & Poland renouncing war

Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 1st term. A firm believer in collective security, Litvinov works very hard to form a closer relationship with France and Britain

Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 2nd term

Successfully persuades the United States to officially recognize the Soviet Government

Promotes collective security after the USSR enters the League.

Agrees a mutually defensive pact with France

Litvinov also actively facilitates the acceptance of the USSR into the League of Nations where he represents his country from 1934-1938

Russia joins the League of Nations

Represents the USSR as it enters the League.

Nine powers agree Britain & France will patrol Mediterranean trade. Eastern countries will patrol their own shores. Britain will provide 60 destroyers in the Meditteranean

The Nyon powers sign their apporoval of their decisions

Proposes a 4 power conference to discuss the anschluss, turned down by Britain. Delivers a report warning Russia about anshcluss between Germany & Austria

"with the preservation of the capitalist system a long & enduring peace is impossible"

Delivers a report warning Russia about anshcluss between Germany & Austria

States Russia will honour its Treaty to defend Czech if the west does the same

States Russia will honour its Treaty to defend Czech if the west does the same

"with the preservation of the capitalist system a long & enduring peace is impossible"

Will help Czech against Germany if Romania & Poland allow passage of Russian troops

Will help Czech against Germany if Romania & Poland allow passage of Russian troops. Rumania & Poland refuse to allow passage of Russian troops

Proposes staff talks & a conference to condemn German aggression. Proposes staff talks & a conference to allow Russian troop access to Czech

Declares Russias commitment to support its Treaty obligations with France & Czech

Declares Russias commitment to support its Treaty obligations with France & Czech

Litvinov criticized the exclusion of the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia from the Munich conference.

Suggests a 4 power conference to defend Rumania after the German invasion of Prague. Litvinovs suggestion for a conference is rejected

The replacement of Litvinov with Molotov significantly increases Stalins freedom to maneuver in foreign policy. The dismissal of Litvinov, whose Jewish ethnicity was viewed disfavorably by Nazi Germany, removes an obstacle to negotiations with Germany. Stalin replaces Litinov with Vyacheslav Molotov

Stalin replaces Litinov with Vyacheslav Molotov

Receives the British Ambassador, proposes a triple pact of Britain, France & Russia

Appointed Ambassador of USA

Appointed Deputy Commissar of Foreign Affairs

While in office follows a policy of advocating co-operation with the west