Soviet diplomat
Ivan Abramovich Zalkind (Russian : Иван Абрамович Залкинд ; 1 May[ 1] Saint Petersburg ,[ 2] Russia – 27 November[ 1] [ 3] Soviet Union ), also known as Ivan Artamonov (Russian : Иван Артамонов ),[ 3] [ 4] diplomat . Originally a biologist who got his doctorate from the Sorbonne in Paris , Zalkind took part in the October Revolution on the side of Leon Trotsky . When Trotsky 1917 became People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs (de facto foreign minister ), he made Zalkind his first deputy (de facto : Permanent Under Secretary of State or Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs).[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ), Zalkind was sent as plenipotentiary and consul to Switzerland [ 3] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] Zürich , 1918), Turkey (Istanbul , 1922), Latvia (Liepāja , 1923) and Italy (Genoa , 1924, and Milan , 1925). Back in the Soviet Union, after Trotsky's downfall he was expelled from the Communist party and shot himself.[ 3]
Sources
^ a b Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland 1848–1975: Salkind, Iwan ^ Ирошников М.П., Чубарьян А.О.: Тайное становится явным
^ a b c d Архив Александра Н. Яковлева - Альманах "Россия. ХХ век" - Биографический словарь: Залкинд, Иван Абрамович
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^ John Reed : Zehn Tage, die die Welt erschütterten ^ Михайловский, Георгий Николаевич: Записки. Из истории российского внешнеполитического ведомства, 1914–1920 гг. Книга 1. Троцкий в министерстве
^ Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Троцкий, Лев Давидович ^ Alexander I. Solschenizyn : Zweihundert Jahre zusammen - die Juden in der Sowjetunion^ David W. McFadden: Alternative Paths - Soviets and Americans, 1917–1920 , p. 107. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1993
^ Ludmila Thomas, Viktor Knoll: Zwischen Tradition und Revolution - Determinanten und Strukturen sowjetischer Aussenpolitik 1917–1941 , pp. 229–232. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2000
^ Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland 1848–1975: Le Ministre de Suisse à Berlin, Ph. Mercier, au Chef du Département politique, F. Calonder ^ Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland 1848–1975: Rapport du Conseil fédéral sur les mesures à prendre contre l’agitation bolchevique.
