Wilhelm von Mirbach

Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff
Wilhelm von Mirbach
German Ambassador to Russia
In office April 1918 – July 1918
Personal details
Born	July 2, 1871(1871-07-02) Bad Ischl, Austria
Died	July 6, 1918(1918-07-06) (aged 47) Moscow, Russia

Wilhelm Graf von Mirbach-Harff (2 July 1871 – 6 July 1918) was a German diplomat.

Biography

Mirbach was born in Bad Ischl in Upper Austria. He participated in the Russian-German negotiations in Brest-Litovsk from December 1917 to March 1918. He was appointed German ambassador to Russia in April 1918.

Mirbach was assassinated by Yakov Grigorevich Blumkin at the request of the Central Committee of the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries, who tried to incite a war between Russia and Germany. Blumkin entered Mirbach's residence in Moscow using forged papers and shot his victim at point blank range. Mirbach's assassination signaled the beginning of the revolt of the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries in Moscow in 1918.

Mirbach was succeeded as German ambassador to Russia by Karl Helfferich.

Notes

Regarding personal names: Graf is a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin.

Persondata
Name	Mirbach, Wilhelm
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Short description
Date of birth	2 July 1871
Place of birth	Bad Ischl, Austria
Date of death	6 July 1918
Place of death	Moscow, Russia