Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1946
Number:6 - 2
 
Nominee:
Name:Alexandra Mikhaylovna Kollontay
Gender:F
Year, Birth:1872
Year, Death:1952
Profession:Diplomat
City:Moscow
Country:RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU)
 
Motivation:Kollontay was nominated for her diplomatic efforts to end war and hostilities between the Soviet Union and Finland during the negotiations in 1940-44.
 
Nominator:
Name:Kerstin Hesselgren
Gender:F
Profession:Member of the Swedish parliament. Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Comments: Kollontay became the first woman to serve as an accredited ambassador to a foreign country.