Aleksandr Nelidov

Aleksandr Nelidov.

Aleksandr Nelidov (1838—1910) — Russian diplomat.

Biography

Born in St. Petersburg in 1836.^[1] Studied law and Oriental languages in St. Petersburg University. Entered diplomatic service in 1855. Secretary to the Russian embassies at Athens, Munich and Vienna.

Councillor to the Russian embassy in Constantinople, 1872. Directed the diplomatic office at the headquarters of the Russian army during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878. Took the active part in negotiations that led to the Peace treaty of San Stefano and later the Treaty of Berlin.

Ambassador to Saxony, 1879. Took prominent part in the settlement of Armenian question and Balkan difficulties. Ambassador to Italy (1897–1903). Ambassador to France (1903–1910).

Presided over the 1907 Hague Peace Conference

He died from apoplexy on 18 September 1910, which he contracted while passing through Munich on 8 August.^[2]

References

1. "RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT DYING IN FRANCE OF APOPLEXY". Los Angeles Herald 37 (351). 17 September 1910. Retrieved 22 January 2015 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
2. "A.DE NELIDoFF, DIPLOMAT, DEAD". The New York Times. 18 September 1910. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

• Out of My Past: The Memoirs of Count Kokovtsov Edited by H.H. Fisher and translated by Laura Matveev; Stanford University Press, 1935.