Georgy Chicherin, who was openly gay, was People's Commissar for foreign affairs from 1918 to 1930. During the Brest-Litovsk negotiations with Germany, he served as Trotsky's deputy. In this capacity, ironically, he was responsible for negotiating the Catholic Church's status in Russia after the revolution with Eugenio Pacelli, who later was to become became Pope Pius XII.