Family Father
Boris Krasin
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q373421 · wikidata
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Leonid Krasin
1870-07-15 – 1926-11-24
Life & Legacy
Leonid Borisovich Krasin (Russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Кра́син; 27 July [O.S. 15 July] 1870 – 24 November 1926) was a Russian Soviet politician, engineer, social entrepreneur, Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet diplomat. In 1924 he became the first Soviet ambassador to France. A year later, he left Paris to become ambassador to London, where he remained until his death. He was an early and close associate of Vladimir Lenin and his financier and the first finance wizard of the Communist Party. Krasin died suddenly in London after having contracted pernicious anemia.
Occupation & Career
diplomat, journalist, politician, businessperson, engineer, revolutionary
Education
Kharkiv Practical Technological Institute; Aleksandrovskoe real school
Legacy Highlights
Organizations & Memberships
All-Russian Central Executive Committee · All-Union Society of Old Bolsheviks · Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union · Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union
Education & Institutions
Aleksandrovskoe real school · Kharkiv Practical Technological Institute
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Family Sibling
Boris Krasin
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q373421 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q373421 — wikidata View source
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