Boris Bakhmeteff
Boris Bakhmeteff | |
|---|---|
Борис Бахметев | |
Bakhmeteff in 1918 | |
| Russian Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 1917 | |
| Preceded by | George Bakhmeteff |
| Succeeded by | Maxim Litvinov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 14, 1880 Tbilisi, Russian Empire |
| Died | July 21, 1951 (aged 71) Brookfield, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks) |
| Spouse(s) |
Helen Bakhmeteff
(m. 1905; died 1921)Marie C. Cole (m. 1938) |
Boris Alexandrovich Bakhmeteff (Russian: Борис Александрович Бахметев) (also spelled Bakhmetieff or Bakhmetev) (May 14, 1880 – July 21, 1951) was an engineer, businessman, professor of civil engineering at Columbia University and the only ambassador of the Russian Provisional Government to the United States. He was unrelated to his predecessor as ambassador, George Bakhmeteff.