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Konstantin Dmitrievich Nabokov (1872 – 1927) was a Russian diplomat and author. He was brother to the politician and advocate Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov and a member of the aristocratic Nabokov family.[1]
Diplomatic Career
[edit]Konstantin served as secretary of the Russian delegation during the signing of the Treaty of portsmouth(1905).[2] He also worked as counselor of the Russian Embassy in London from December 15, 1915 to January 17, 1917 before graduating to the position of chargé d'affaires.[3]
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Personal life
[edit]The poet Korney Chukovsky alleged in his diary that Konstantin was a homosexual who had taken a fancy to him.[4]
Konstantin was listed as a member of the Grand Orient of Russia’s Peoples, a masonic lodge.[5]
Bibliography
[edit]- The Ordeal of a Diplomat (1921)
- Letters of a Russian diplomat to an American friend, 1906-1922
Sources
[edit]- Vladimir Nabokov: Speak, Memory, primarily chapter three
- Konstantin Nabokov: The Ordeal of a Diplomat
References
[edit]- ^ Nabokov, Vladimir (January 1, 1966). Speak, Memory (1st ed.). G.P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 9780375405532.
- ^ Godwin, Robert K. (Dec 1950). "Russia and the Portsmouth Peace Conference". The American Slavic and East European Review. 9 (4): 279–291. doi:10.2307/2492148. JSTOR 2492148 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Nabokov, Konstantin (1921). The Ordeal of a Diplomat. Duckworth and Company. ISBN 9781356124619.
- ^ Chukovsky, Kornei (2005). Diary, 1901-1969. Yale University Press.
- ^ "Noteworthy members of the Grand Orient of France in Russia and the Supreme Council of the Grand Orient of Russia's People". Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon. 15 October 2017.