Nikolai Nikolayevich Pokrovsky
Nikolai Pokrovsky ( Russian Николай Николаевич Покровский * January 27 . Jul / 8. February 1865 greg. , † 12. December 1930 in Kaunas ) was a Russian politician and last foreign minister of the Russian Empire .
Life
Pokrowski was born the son of a landowner with land in the Kovno governorate . He studied law at the universities of Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 1889 he began a civil service career in the Ministry of Finance. In 1902 he became vice director and in 1904 director of the tax department in the Treasury. From 1906 to July 1914 he was Deputy Minister of Finance and from January 1914 a member of the State Council .
On November 10th July / November 23, 1916 greg. Tsar Nicholas II dismissed the previous Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Boris Stürmer . The positions that became vacant were taken by Alexander Trepov and - after Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Neratov had headed the Foreign Office on an interim basis - Pokrovsky, who on 17 November July / November 30, 1916 greg. was appointed foreign minister and Neratov took over as deputy. In his inaugural address to the Duma on December 2, Jul. / December 15, 1916 greg. Pokrowski concluded, referring to the peace note of the German government of November 29th July. / December 12, 1916 greg. , every possibility of a separate Russian peace with the Central Powers. During his three-month term in office, he threatened to resign several times because he did not want to work with Interior Minister Protopopov in a government. He advocated opening the Russian economy to American capital and planned to send a commission to the United States for this purpose. During the February Revolution of 1917 , Pokrovsky was one of the ministers who supported the resignation of the cabinet in favor of a Duma government. Neratov then continued the official business in the Foreign Ministry until it was handed over to the Provisional Government .
After the October Revolution he first emigrated to Finland and then went to Kaunas, where he taught at the university.
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- ↑ Christian Neef : Prisoner of Propaganda . In: Der Spiegel . No. 5 , 2013 ( online - September 24, 2013 ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Boris Vladimirovich striker |
Russian Foreign Minister November 30, 1916 to March 2, 1917 |
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| SURNAME | Pokrovsky, Nikolai Nikolajewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Покровский, Николай Николаевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian politician, foreign minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1865 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1930 |
| Place of death | Kaunas |