Sergey Sazonov

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Sergei Sazonov Сергей Сазонов GCB
Sergei Sazonov
Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire
In office 11 October 1910 – 20 July 1916
Monarch	Nicholas II
Prime Minister	Pyotr Stolypin Vladimir Kokovtsov Ivan Goremykin Boris Stürmer
Preceded by	Alexander Izvolsky
Succeeded by	Boris Stürmer
Personal details
Born	(1860-08-10)10 August 1860 Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	11 December 1927(1927-12-11) (aged 67) Nice, France
Resting place	Nice, France
Nationality	Russian
Spouse	Anna Neidhardt
Alma mater	Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
Profession	Diplomat, Russian foreign minister

Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov GCB (Russian: Сергей Дмитриевич Сазонов; 10 August 1860 in Ryazan Governorate  – 11 December 1927) was a Russian statesman and diplomat who served as Foreign Minister 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".^[1]