Chernov Oleg Aleksandrovich
– D.Sci, historian, Professor of Domestic History and Archeology Department; Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education (Samara, Russian Federation), chernov@list.ru
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Diplomat at War: N.V.Charykov and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. People from Notes
The article is devoted to the study of the participation of a career diplomat, an employee of the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire, Nikolai Valeryevich Charykov, in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877–1878. Based on the archival materials of the RGIA, RGVIA, RGADA and TsGASO, as well as a set of memoirs by N.V.Charykov, the elements of his worldview, the motives for participation in the war, the events and results of the war in the representation and interpretation of N.V.Charykov, the system of interaction between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Military Ministry.
Keywords: Tcharykow N.V.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire; Russian diplomacy; foreign policy; documents of personal origin; Russo-Turkish War 1877–1878
