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Date c. 1801 - c. 1923
Participants France • Russia • United Kingdom

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Key People

Catherine II
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
William E. Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone
prime minister of United Kingdom
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
prime minister of United Kingdom
Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev
Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev
Russian statesman
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
German statesman
Karl Vasilyevich, Count Nesselrode
Karl Vasilyevich, Count Nesselrode
Russian foreign minister
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Gorchakov
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich, Prince Gorchakov
Russian statesman
Sergey Dmitriyevich Sazonov
Russian statesman