Konstantin Dmitrievich Nabokov | |
Birth Date: | 1872 |
Death Date: | 1927 |
Nationality: | Russian |
Occupation: | Diplomat, author |
Notable Works: | The Ordeal of a Diplomat, Letters of a Russian Diplomat to an American Friend, 1906-1922 |
Family: | Nabokov |
Relatives: | Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (brother) |
Known For: | Serving as secretary of the Russian delegation during the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth, involvement in the Grand Orient of Russia’s Peoples |
Konstantin Dmitrievich Nabokov (1872–1927) was a Russian diplomat and author. He was the brother of the politician and advocate Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov and a member of the aristocratic Nabokov family.[1]
Konstantin served as secretary of the Russian delegation during the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth in 1905.[2] He also worked as counselor of the Russian Embassy in London from December 15, 1915, to January 17, 1917, before advancing to the position of chargé d'affaires.[3]
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]