Leonid Leonidowitsch Obolensky (diplomat)
Leonid Leonidowitsch Obolenski ( Russian Леонид Леонидович Оболенский ; * 1873 , † 1930 ) was a Soviet diplomat .
Life
Obolensky graduated from the Law Faculty of the University of St. Petersburg law . He joined the Bolsheviks and became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union . In 1920 he was a member of the Soviet Negotiating Group for the Peace of Riga . From October 16, 1923 to October 4, 1924 Obolenski was the Soviet envoy to Poland. In 1930 he became the museum director of the Hermitage for eight months . During his time as director and that of his successor Boris Legran , various paintings from the Hermitage were sold abroad.
Obolensky was married. His son was the Russian actor Leonid Obolensky (1902-1991).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Лебёдкина, А. Ю .: Эрмитаж в лицах: Первые руководители музея в период с 1930 по 1990 г. Publishing House of Tomsk University, Tomsk 2008, p. 88. (Lebjodkina, A. Ju .: Personalities of the Hermitage: The first museum directors in the period from 1930 to 1990)
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SURNAME | Obolensky, Leonid Leonidowitsch |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Obolensky, Leonid; Оболенский, Леонид Леонидович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1873 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1930 |