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Russian Foreign Policy Under Prince Alexander M. Gorchakov: the Diplomatic Game Plan Versus Austria, 1856-1873
Abstract
When Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov succeeded to the office of Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire in April, 1856, he might well have paused to reflect that the fruit of his nearly forty years diplomatic service had turned sour even before he had a chance to taste it.The thirty-year reign of Nicholas I and of Gorchakov's predecessor, Count Nesselrode, had witnessed the precipitate fall of Russia from a position of preeminence in Europe to one of near- prostration. The erstwhile arbiter of Europe's fate, respected and feared after 1812 out of all proportion to her actual strength, had been ignominiously defeated, brought so low that she had been forced to accept a humiliating peace which not only amputated a part of her own territory but even wrested from her control the defense of a long stretch of her coastline. For the next twenty years Russia could have but one goal and one goal only in foreign policy: to assuage her injured pride and repair the damage to her self-esteem by reversing the decision of 1856, Until this had been accomplished every other question would remain secondary.
Subject Area
Modern history|History
Recommended Citation
SCHACH, KATHRINE MARIE, "Russian Foreign Policy Under Prince Alexander M. Gorchakov: the Diplomatic Game Plan Versus Austria, 1856-1873" (1974). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI7423937.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI7423937