Adolph Joffe

Adolph Joffe Адо́льф Ио́ффе
Joffe in 1918
Ambassador of the Soviet Union to China
In office 1922–1924
Preceded by	Aleksandr Paykes
Succeeded by	Lev Karakhan
Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Austria
In office 12 December 1924 – 29 June 1925
Preceded by	Voldemar Aussem
Succeeded by	Jan Antonovich Berzin
Member of the 6th Secretariat
In office 6 August 1917 – 8 March 1918
Personal details
Born	Adolph Abramovich Joffe 10 October 1883 Simferopol, Russian Empire
Died	16 November 1927 (1927-11-17) (aged 44) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1927)

Adolph Abramovich Joffe (Russian: Адо́льф Абра́мович Ио́ффе, alternative transliterations Adol'f Ioffe or, rarely, Yoffe) (10 October 1883 – 16 November 1927) was a Russian revolutionary, a Bolshevik politician and a Soviet diplomat of Karaite descent.