Pavel Milyukov
1859 – 1943 Russian Leader of the Constitutional Democrats and Foreign Minister
The liberal historian who led Russia's main constitutional party.
- Religion
- Russian Orthodox background; a secular liberal and historian.
- Affiliations
- Founder and leader of the Constitutional Democratic (Kadet) Party; foreign minister in the Provisional Government.
Milyukov was a historian who founded the Kadet party, the leading liberal force in the Duma. As foreign minister in 1917 his pledge to keep fighting the war triggered protests that forced him out. He opposed the Bolsheviks and spent his last decades in exile.
Connections
- ally of Georgy Lvov — Served together in the first Provisional Government.