See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

PRINCE BORIS IVANOVICH See also:

• PRINCE BORIS IVANOVICH KURAKIN (1676–r727)

KURAKIN (1676–r727)  , See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian diplomatist, was the See also:

• BROTHER

brother-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter the See also:

• GREAT

Great, their wives being sisters . He was one of the earliest of Peter's pupils . In 1697 he was sent to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy to learn See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation . His See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic career began in 1707, when he was sent to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome to induce the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope not to recognize See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles XII.'s See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate, See also:

• STANISLAUS

Stanislaus Leszczynski, as See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland . From 1708 to 1712 he represented See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia at See also:

• LONDON

London, See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, and the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague successively, and, in 1713, was the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal Russian plenipotentiary at the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht . From 1716 to 1722 he held the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and when, in 1724, Peter set forth on his See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, See also:

• KURAKIN, BORIS IVANOVICH, PRINCE (1676–r727)

Kurakin was appointed the supervisor of all the Russian ambassadors ac-credited to the various See also:

• EUROPEAN

European courts . " The See also:

• FATHER

father of Russian See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy," as he has justly been called, was remarkable throughout his career for See also:

• INFINITE (from Lat. in, not, finis, end or limit; cf. findere, to deave)

infinite tact and insight, and a wonder-fully correct appreciation of men and events . He was most useful to Russia perhaps when the Great See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war (see See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

SWEDEN, See also:

• HISTORY

History) was See also:

• DRAWING

drawing to a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close . Notably he prevented Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain from declaring war against Peter's close ally, See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, at the crisis of the struggle . Kurakin was one of the best-educated Russians of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, and his autobiography, carried down to 1709, is an See also:

• HISTORICAL

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 See also:

• SUMMARY

summary, entitled History of See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

Tsar Peter Aleksievich and the See also:

• PEOPLE

People Nearest to Him (1682–1694) (Rua.) . See Archives of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince A .

Th . Kurakin (Rus.) (St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, 189o) ; A . See also:

• BRUCKNER, ANTON (1824–1896)

Bruckner, A Russian Tourist in Western See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in the beginning of t"e X VIIIth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century (Rus.) (St Petersburg, 1892) . (R . N .