George Pavlovich Ignatieff, CC was a Russian-Canadian diplomat and was the recipient of the 1984 Pearson Medal of Peace for his work in international service. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, the youngest of five sons, to a distinguished Russian family. His mother was Princess Natasha Mestchersky and his father was Count Paul Ignatieff, a close advisor to Tsar Nicholas II serving as his last Minister of Education.

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  • George Pavlovich Ignatieff, CC was a Russian-Canadian diplomat and was the recipient of the 1984 Pearson Medal of Peace for his work in international service. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, the youngest of five sons, to a distinguished Russian family. His mother was Princess Natasha Mestchersky and his father was Count Paul Ignatieff, a close advisor to Tsar Nicholas II serving as his last Minister of Education. In 1918, the year after the Russian Revolution, Count Ignatieff was arrested and slated for execution but fled to Canada with his family after he was released by sympathetic guards. George Ignatieff was educated at Canadian universities before obtaining a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford. In 1940 he joined the Department of External Affairs and served at various posts including as Ambassador to Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1958, permanent representative to NATO (1963-1966), Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (1966-1969) and president of the United Nations Security Council (1968-1969). In 1984 he was appointed disarmament ambassador by Prime Minister John Turner. He also served as Provost of the University of Trinity College from 1972 to 1979 and later as chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1980 to 1986. The University of Trinity College's theatre is named after Ignatieff, and is fondly known as the GIT (pronounced 'jit'). He was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1973. Ignatieff's autobiography, The Making of a Peacemonger, was published in 1985 by the University of Toronto Press. His son, Michael Ignatieff, is a well-known author, broadcaster, and scholar who was elected to the Canadian Parliament in 2006; he ran in 2006 as a candidate for Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention. Michael Ignatieff currently serves as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and also is the Leader of the Official Opposition.
  • George Ignatieff, CC, oli kanadalainen diplomaatti, joka sai vuonna 1984 Pearsonin rauhanmitalin. Ignatieff syntyi Pietarissa Venäjällä. Hänen äitinsä oli Nataša Mestšerski ja isä Nikolai II:n opetusministeri ja neuvonantaja, kreivi Paul Ignatjev. Hänen isoisänsä oli keisari Aleksanteri III:n aikainen sisäministeri Nikolai Pavlovitš Ignatjev. Venäjän vallankumouksen aikana perhe muutti länteen ja vuonna 1925 Kanadaan. George Ignatieff opiskeli kanadalaisissa yliopistoissa ja Oxfordissa. Vuonna 1940 hän meni töihin Kanadan ulkoministeriöön. Ignatieff oli vuosina 1956–1958 Kanadan suurlähettiläs Jugoslaviassa, NATO:n edustajana vuosina 1963–1966,ja Kanadan YK:n suurlähettiläs vuosina 1966–1969. YK:n turvallisuusneuvoston puheenjohtaja hän oli vuosina 1968–1969. Ignatieff työskenteli Toronton yliopistossa vuosina 1980–1986. Hän sai Order of Canada -kunniamerkin vuonna 1973. Ignatieffin poika Michael Ignatieff on merkittävä kanadalainen kirjailija ja Harvardin yliopiston professori sekä vuoden 2006 helmikuusta lähtien Kanadan parlamentin jäsen.
  • Георгий Павлович Игнатьев — граф, канадский дипломат. Сын графа П.  Н.  Игнатьева и княгини Натальи Мещерской, внук графа Н.  П.  Игнатьева и правнук генерала, графа П.  Н.  Игнатьева.
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  • George Pavlovich Ignatieff, CC was a Russian-Canadian diplomat and was the recipient of the 1984 Pearson Medal of Peace for his work in international service. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, the youngest of five sons, to a distinguished Russian family. His mother was Princess Natasha Mestchersky and his father was Count Paul Ignatieff, a close advisor to Tsar Nicholas II serving as his last Minister of Education.
  • George Ignatieff, CC, oli kanadalainen diplomaatti, joka sai vuonna 1984 Pearsonin rauhanmitalin. Ignatieff syntyi Pietarissa Venäjällä. Hänen äitinsä oli Nataša Mestšerski ja isä Nikolai II:n opetusministeri ja neuvonantaja, kreivi Paul Ignatjev. Hänen isoisänsä oli keisari Aleksanteri III:n aikainen sisäministeri Nikolai Pavlovitš Ignatjev. Venäjän vallankumouksen aikana perhe muutti länteen ja vuonna 1925 Kanadaan.
  • Георгий Павлович Игнатьев — граф, канадский дипломат. Сын графа П.  Н.  Игнатьева и княгини Натальи Мещерской, внук графа Н.  П.  Игнатьева и правнук генерала, графа П.  Н.  Игнатьева.
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  • George Ignatieff
  • George Ignatieff
  • Игнатьев, Георгий Павлович
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