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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 949 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PRINCE BORIS IVANOVICH KURAKIN (1676–r727)  ,
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Russian diplomatist, was the
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brother-in-law of Peter the
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Great, their wives being sisters . He was one of the earliest of Peter's pupils . In 1697 he was sent to Italy to learn navigation . His long and honourable
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diplomatic career began in 1707, when he was sent to Rome to induce the pope not to recognize Charles XII.'s
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candidate,
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Stanislaus Leszczynski, as king of Poland . From 1708 to 1712 he represented Russia at
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London, Hanover, and the Hague successively, and, in 1713, was the
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principal Russian plenipotentiary at the peace congress of Utrecht . From 1716 to 1722 he held the
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post of ambassador at Paris, and when, in 1724, Peter set forth on his Persian
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campaign, Kurakin was appointed the supervisor of all the Russian ambassadors ac-credited to the various
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European courts . " The
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father of Russian diplomacy," as he has justly been called, was remarkable throughout his career for infinite tact and insight, and a wonder-fully correct appreciation of men and events . He was most useful to Russia perhaps when the Great
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Northern war (see SWEDEN,
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History) was
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drawing to a close . Notably he prevented Great Britain from declaring war against Peter's close ally, Denmark, at the crisis of the struggle . Kurakin was one of the best-educated Russians of his day, and his autobiography, carried down to 1709, is an
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historical document of the first importance . He intended to write a history of his own times with Peter the Great as the central figure, but got no further than the
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summary, entitled History of
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Tsar Peter Aleksievich and the
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People Nearest to Him (1682–1694) (Rua.) . See Archives of Prince A .

Th . Kurakin (Rus.) (St

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Petersburg, 189o) ; A . Bruckner, A Russian Tourist in Western
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Europe in the beginning of t"e X VIIIth Century (Rus.) (St Petersburg, 1892) . (R . N .

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