People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Vatslav Vatslavovich Vorovsky Вацлав Вацлавович Воровский
The first Soviet diplomat, a bridge between revolution, letters, and diplomacy, felled by a bullet in Lausanne
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union
1871–1923
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Maxim Maksimovich Litvinov Максим Максимович Литвинов
The diplomat of collective security, removed in 1939
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union
1876–1951
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Jan Dąbski Jan Dąbski
A peasant-movement diplomat who shaped the Riga peace
Diplomacy and international organization · Poland
1880–1931
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Stanislav Stanislavovich Pestkovsky Станислав Станиславович Пестковский
The Polish nobleman turned internationalist who became the first Soviet leader of Kazakhstan
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union
1882–1937
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Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky Андрей Януарьевич Вышинский
Stalin's Moscow-trial prosecutor who later carried hardline Soviet diplomacy to the UN
Law and justice · Soviet Union
1883–1954
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Karl Berngardovich Radek Karol Radek
The polemicist who survived trial only to die in prison
Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern
1885–1939
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Edward Raczyński Edward Raczyński
An aristocratic diplomat who preserved Poland’s diplomatic continuity in exile
Diplomacy and international organization · Poland
1891–1993
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Leon Yakovlevich Gaikis Леон Яковлевич Гайкис
Second Soviet ambassador to Spain, recalled and shot barely three months after taking the post
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union
1898–1937
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Adam Rapacki Adam Rapacki
A diplomat who widened room for negotiation amid East-West tension
Diplomacy and international organization · Poland
1909–1970
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Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński
Carter's National Security Advisor who drew the Soviet Union into the Afghan trap
Diplomacy and international organization · United States state institutions
1928–2017