Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Thrust Russia - Russia out of the

Abraham P. Veselovsky was born in 1685. He was educated in the house of Baron, vice- chancellor, associate of Peter the Great, extremely educated man, Peter Shafirov. When he was 15 years old, he saw Peter and took his personal secretary. During the Battle of Poltava, he was adjutant of Peter, at the same time calculate the Ambassadors of the order clerk, and that is what he sent to Denmark with the news of the victory. In May 1715 Mr.. He was appointed ... e. diplomatic representative ranking below ambassador in Vienna. In Vienna, he enlisted Chief Gough -Chancellor Count Tsintserdorfa, which the Russian government has to pay an annual pension of 6000 Efimkov.
After several years of routine activities of Abraham Veselovsky was interrupted by reports from St. Petersburg to find order and bring back a fugitive prince Alexey. King's order was executed, Alex was presented ... Capturing the prince in Austria led to the fact that Austria broke off diplomatic relations with Russia and Veselovsky in eight days was expelled from the possessions of the Habsburgs.
Peter demanded a ... Abraham chose to flee to his brother Theodore, a former Russian ... Once taken by the Russian government efforts to hold of the fugitive, Abraham fled to Geneva, where he took second marriage Protestantism and married the daughter of a wealthy shop foreman. In Switzerland, Abraham has amassed a huge fortune in commerce: after his death, it remains only to cash nearly 375,000 livres.
Peter demanded issuing defiant to the end of his days. After Peter's death, all the Russian government enticing Abraham to return to Russia. Empress Elizabeth, Abraham said that he would return, when Russia will lose the meaning of three of its own and became popular among the nobles of the disgraced 18th -century proverb: ...
P. Abraham, died at age 97. At the end of his life he fell into his childhood and literally shaking, passing once presented to him by Peter 's portrait of his sovereign.
Voltaire maintained friendly relations with Abraham and with great praise spoke of his education in his correspondence with Catherine the Great.




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