About Michail Nikolajewitsch de Giers
Lived 1856 – 1932 (aged 76). Michail Nikolajewitsch de Giers was a Russian diplomat and ambassador.
Mikhail Nikolayevich von Giers (1856–1932) was a Russian diplomat who served as the ambassador to Italy and the Ottoman Empire. He was the son of foreign minister Nikolay Girs.
Career Giers served as the Imperial Russian ambassador to Romania from 1902 to 1912 before transferring to perform the role in the Ottoman Empire. In the lead up to the Black Sea Raid, Giers maintained a network of informants in the Ottoman government. Giers was withdrawn from Constantinople on 31 October 1914, shortly before the Russian declaration of war on the Empire. From 1915 to 1917 he was the Russian ambassador to Italy.
He is buried in Batignolles Cemetery in Paris.
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Who was Michail Nikolajewitsch de Giers?
Tsarist Russian diplomat (1855–1932)
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Michail Nikolajewitsch de Giers was born on 22 April 1856.
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Michail Nikolajewitsch de Giers died on 27 November 1932 in Paris.
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Michail Nikolajewitsch de Giers was a diplomat and ambassador.
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Michail Nikolajewitsch de Giers was Russian.
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