Word: rezanov
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gregori Fedorovitch Rezanov, the Soviet Union's first Minister to Colombia, got an unhappy welcome when he arrived at the Bogota airport. Because of a Foreign Office bungle, no Colombian dignitaries met him. Uninvited local Communists infested the airport, carried his baggage, muscled into his news pictures, acutely embarrassed Mr. Rezanov. The Bogotá press was generally cordial. Privately, Colombians wondered why the new Russian Legation had a staff of 34 while Colombia was represented at Moscow by a single, lonely Minister. Probable reason: the Soviet Union wants to train diplomats for use in other Latin American countries which...
Experienced Empress. Empress Catherine the Great of Russia was born too early to believe that he who controls Alaska may control the Pacific (as Rezanov, founder of the Russian-American Co., believed). When the rich merchants of Siberia pleaded with her to make Alaska a Russian colony, the Empress slapped them down. "England's experience with American colonies," she said dryly, "should be a warning to other nations...
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