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Alexander Izvolsky

1856 - 1919

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Count Alexander Petrovich Izvolsky or Iswolsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Изво́льский, 18 March [O.S. 6 March] 1856 in Moscow – 16 August 1919 in Paris) was a Russian diplomat remembered as a major architect of Russia's alliance with Great Britain during the years leading to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. As Foreign Minister, he assented to Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908 in exchange for Austrian support for the opening of the Turkish Straits to Russian warships. In the resultant Bosnian Crisis of 1908–1909 the Powers did not accept the opening of the Straits. Izvolsky, publicly humiliated and destroyed by the debacle, resigned as Foreign Minister in 1910. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Izvolsky is the 9,168th most popular politician (up from 9,971st in 2019), the 816th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,019th in 2019) and the 240th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Izvolsky ranks 9,168 out of 19,576. Before him are Dmitry of Tver, Ada of Caria, Quintus Veranius, Constance, Duchess of Brittany, Alejandro Lerroux, and Herbert Pitman. After him are Manuel Kantakouzenos, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, Hélène Dutrieu, Li Cunxu, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, and Louis Gerhard De Geer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Alexander Izvolsky ranks 60. Before him are Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, Karl Lamprecht, José Batlle y Ordóñez, Louise Catherine Breslau, and Dimitar Blagoev. After him are Stevan Mokranjac, Karl Krumbacher, Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt, Yu Kil-chun, and Semyon Alapin. Among people deceased in 1919, Alexander Izvolsky ranks 73. Before him are Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia, Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, Aaron Kosminski, Louis Botha, and Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves. After him are Mark Sykes, Itagaki Taisuke, Laurence Doherty, Michel Théato, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, and Daniel Peter.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Izvolsky ranks 816 out of 3,761. Before him are Raimonds Vējonis (1966), Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg (1838), Vasili Mitrokhin (1922), Joseph Trumpeldor (1880), Oleg Salenko (1969), and Dmitry of Tver (1299). After him are Edwin Klebs (1834), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Vyacheslav von Plehve (1846), Georgy Sviridov (1915), Eero Järnefelt (1863), and Andrey II of Vladimir (1222).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Alexander Izvolsky ranks 240. Before him are Ivan Goremykin (1839), Sergei Ivanovich Mosin (1849), Princess Olga Paley (1865), Kuzma Minin (1616), Raimonds Vējonis (1966), and Dmitry of Tver (1299). After him are Vyacheslav von Plehve (1846), Andrey II of Vladimir (1222), Malyuta Skuratov (1600), Vasily of Kostroma (1241), Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (1827), and Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg (1847).

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