People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR

The People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR was the central executive state body of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic responsible for conducting the foreign policy and foreign relations of the Soviet state in 1917-1923 and in 1944-1946.

History

The People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs was formed by the Decree on the Establishment of the Council of People's Commissars, approved by the 2nd All-Russian Congress of Soviets on November 9, 1917. This was one of the first people's commissariats formed by the Soviet government of Russia.[1][2]

List of heads of the People's Commissariat

№ Portrait Name Term of office
1 Lev Trotsky November 8, 1917 March 13, 1918
2 Georgy Chicherin May 30, 1918 July 6, 1923
3 Anatoly Lavrentiev March 8, 1944 March 13, 1946

References

  1. ↑ "Декрет об учреждении Совета Народных Комиссаров — Викитека". ru.wikisource.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. ↑ "Конституция РСФСР (1918) — Викитека". ru.wikisource.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-16.

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