Joseph Noulens
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Joseph Noulens was a French
politician and diplomat.
Noulens became a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1903 and served as Minister of War from 1913 to l914 and then as Minister of Finance from 1914 to 1915. In 1920 he became a Senator.
. Following the October Revolution
, he worked with White Guard
s to undermine the Bolshevik
regime. He was depicted with two other French members of a delegation in a poster issued by the Russian Telegraph Agency
(Glavpolitprosvet). They were shown laughing and planning to bring the return of the monarchy. After the failure of Bruce Lockhart
's conspiracy to assassinate Lenin, Noulens left Russia.
In 1919 he became President of an international association of creditors of Russia, which agitated against diplomatic recognition of the Bolshevik regime until they accepted responsibility for the old debts made by the Russian Empire
He later became leader of the Society of French Interests in Russia. At a meeting in Paris in February 1922 they demanded a veto on negotiations with the Soviet Union
unless the latter acknowledged the old debts. This view was promoted at the Genoa Conference held from 10 April to 19 May 1922.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
politician and diplomat.
Noulens became a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1903 and served as Minister of War from 1913 to l914 and then as Minister of Finance from 1914 to 1915. In 1920 he became a Senator.
Involvement in Russia
In June 1917 he was appointed French ambassador to RussiaRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Following the October Revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
, he worked with White Guard
White Guard
The term White Guard may refer to:* White Guard , part of the White Army of the 1918 Finnish Civil War* White Guard , part of the Axis colaborators in Slovenia during the Second World War* Military arm of the Russian White movement...
s to undermine the Bolshevik
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists , derived from bol'shinstvo, "majority") were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903....
regime. He was depicted with two other French members of a delegation in a poster issued by the Russian Telegraph Agency
Russian Telegraph Agency
Russian Telegraph Agency , abbr. Rosta was the state news agency in Soviet Russia . After the creation of Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union in 1925, it remained the news agency of Soviet Russia...
(Glavpolitprosvet). They were shown laughing and planning to bring the return of the monarchy. After the failure of Bruce Lockhart
R. H. Bruce Lockhart
Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart KCMG , was a journalist, author, secret agent, British diplomat in Moscow and Prague, and footballer...
's conspiracy to assassinate Lenin, Noulens left Russia.
In 1919 he became President of an international association of creditors of Russia, which agitated against diplomatic recognition of the Bolshevik regime until they accepted responsibility for the old debts made by the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
He later became leader of the Society of French Interests in Russia. At a meeting in Paris in February 1922 they demanded a veto on negotiations with the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
unless the latter acknowledged the old debts. This view was promoted at the Genoa Conference held from 10 April to 19 May 1922.