Vladimir Lamsdorf

Vladimir Lamsdorff
Владимир Ламсдорф
Count Vladimir N. Lamsdorf
Foreign Minister of Russia
In office
6 January 1901  11 May 1906
MonarchNicholas II
Preceded byMikhail Muravyov
Succeeded byAlexander Izvolsky
Personal details
Born(1845-01-06)January 6, 1845
St. Petersburg, Russia
DiedMarch 19, 1907(1907-03-19) (aged 62)
San Remo, Italy
Alma materTsarskoye Selo Lyceum
Page Corps
Awardssee awards

Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Lamsdorf (Russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Ла́мсдорф; German: Wladimir Nikolajewitsch Freiherr von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff; January 6 [O.S. December 25] 1845  March 19 [O.S. March 6] 1907) was a Russian statesman of Baltic German descent who served as the foreign minister of the Russian Empire from 1900 to 1906, a crucial period which included the Russo-Japanese War and the Russian Revolution of 1905.