Sergey Dmitrievich Sazonov
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Sergey Dmitrievich Sazonov (1860 – 1927) was Russian foreign minister (1910 – 1916).
Sazonov was brother-in-law of Pyotr Stolypin and ambassador to London, Washington, and the Vatican. Sazonov was the strong supporter of the Triple Entente. Via easing Russian relations with Germany he tried to isolate Austria-Hungary.
Sazonov was one of those responsible for commencement of World War I. After he pressed tsar Nicholas II to grant the autonomy to the Poles, he was dismissed.
He was foreign minister in the Admiral Alexander Kolchak anti-Bolshevik government.
| Preceded by: Alexander Izvolski | Russian Foreign Minister 1910 — 1916 | Succeeded by: Nikolay Nikolaievich Pokrovsky |
