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21 july 1951 brookfield , connecticut tbilisi , georgia 14 may 1880 file : boris bakhmetev.jpg boris bakhmeteff
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boris bakhmeteff

boris alexandrovich bakhmeteff -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- also spelled bakhmetieff or bakhmetev -rrb- -lrb- may 14 , 1880 - july 21 , 1951 -rrb- was an engineer , businessman , professor of civil engineering at columbia university and the only ambassador of the russian provisional government to the united states .
he was unrelated to his predecessor as ambassador , george bakhmeteff .
