Bazili, Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich, 1883-1963

Russian Imperial diplomat; deputy director, Chancellery of Foreign Affairs, 1911-1914; member, Council of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1917.

From the description of Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich Bazili papers, 1851-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869144

Biographical Note

• 1883 March 4: Born, Paris, France
• 1903: Entered Russian diplomatic service, on the staff of Count Lamsdorff, minister of foreign affairs
• 1905: Married Tatiana Hall
• 1907: Senior secretary of the Russian delegation to the 2nd International Peace Conference in the Hague
• 1908 May 19: Death of Tatiana Hall
• 1908 - 1911 : Second secretary of the Russian embassy in Paris
• 1911: Deputy director of the chancellery of the minister of foreign affairs in St. Petersburg
• 1914 - 1917 : Representative of the Russian foreign office at the headquarters of the Imperial Army in Mogilev
• 1917: Member of the council of the ministry of foreign affairs Director of the diplomatic chancellary at army headquarters
• 1917 March (February in Gregorian calendar): Drafted the abdication act of Nicholas II
• 1917 July: Counselor and chargé d'affaires (with title of minister) of the Russian embassy in Paris
• 1917 October - 1917 Novemebr : Member of Russian embassy in Paris
• 1919 November 25: Married Lascelle Meserve (1890-1989)
• 1920 July: Member of delegation representing anti-Bolshevik forces at the Inter-Allied Conference on Reparations in Spa, Belgium
• 1938: Author, Russia under Soviet Rule, which appeared also in French, Russian, and Italian. The French edition (Plon, 1938) received a prize from the Académie Française
• 1963 March 20: Died, Miami, Florida
• 1973: Publication of Bazili's memoirs, Diplomat of Imperial Russia, 1903-1917

From the guide to the Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich Bazili papers, 1851-1973, (Hoover Institution Archives)