Sergey Sazonov

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Russian statesman and diplomat (1860-1927)

PoliticiansLived 1860 to 1927 · aged 67

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Sergei Dmitriyevich Sazonov GCB was a Russian statesman and diplomat who served as the foreign minister of Russia from November 1910 to July 1916.

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Arms of the Sazonov family

Sazonov as the Russian Foreign Minister

The grave of Sergey Sazonov

Awards 18

1916Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

1916Order of the White Eagle

1912Order of Saint Anna, 1st class

1910Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class

Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class

Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class

Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class

Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class

Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class

Royal Order of the Seraphim

Albert Order

Order of the Precious Wand

Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

Connected to Sergey 6

Peter CosgroveAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great

Vladimir KokovtsovAlso won Order of the Precious Wand

Arthur ZimmermannAlso won Albert Order

Kodama GentarōAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle

Édouard de CastelnauAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great

Prince Aribert of AnhaltAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle

About this person

Sergei Dmitriyevich Sazonov GCB was a Russian statesman and diplomat who served as the foreign minister of Russia from November 1910 to July 1916. The degree of his involvement in the events leading up to the outbreak of World War I is a matter of keen debate, with some historians putting the blame for an early and provocative mobilization squarely on Sazonov's shoulders, and others maintaining that his chief preoccupation was "to reduce the temperature of international relations, especially in the Balkans".