Mikhail Alexandrovich Gorchakov
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Russian diplomat
Mikhail Alexandrovich Gorchakov (Russian: Михаил Александровия Горчаков; 1839–1897) was a Russian diplomat.
Biography
[edit ]Born into an old Russian nobility, he was the son of Prince Alexander Gorchakov, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the last Chancellor of the Russian Empire, and his wife, Princess Maria Aleksandrovna Urusova (1801–1853).
Mikhail Alexandrovich represented the Russian Empire as its ambassador in Bern, Switzerland (1872–78), in Dresden, Saxony (1878–79), and in Madrid, Spain (1879–96).[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ Andreyev, Alexander (2011). Last Chancellor of the Russian Empire: Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-89653-055-8.
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| Preceded by | Russian Ambassador in Switzerland 1872–1878 |
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| Preceded by | Russian Ambassador in the Kingdom of Saxony 1878–1879 |
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| Preceded by | Russian Ambassador in the Kingdom of Spain 1879–1896 |
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