once, in the small retinue of the emperor nikolai pavlovich, igraf alexander khristoforovich benkendorf arrived in vienna. in the absence of the envoy, i, who was fulfilling his duty as senior adviser of the embassy, ​​hurried to appear before the count. after a few cold phrases, without inviting me to sit down, he said: "please order the owner of the hotel, for today i have dinner." i calmly approached the bell and called the metro to the hotel. what does this mean? count benkendorf asked angrily: nothing more, count, than that with the order. victory, you can contact the metro to the hotel yourself, this answer made for me in the eyes of the then all-powerful count benkendorf a reputation as a liberal. actually, because of this character and the attitude of his superiors, first of all nikolai pavlovich, of course, nikolai i, gorchakov sat for 12 years as an envoy in shturgat at the court the würtherberg ruler, then accordingly he was an envoy. at the german federal diet in frankfurt, which generally gathered as a result of the revolution in germany in forty-eight-49, which gorchukov w

alexander khristoforovich benkendorf.oy, i, who was fulfilling his duties as a senior adviser, embassy, ​​hastened to appear to the count. after several cold phrases, he, without inviting me to sit down, said: "please order my lunch for today from the hotel owner." i calmly approached the bell and called the metro to the hotel. what does this mean? i asked angrily. "nothing more, count , than that you can ask the hotel metro yourself for your lunch order, this answer earned me a reputation as a liberal in the eyes of the then all-powerful count benckendorff, and this is precisely because of my character and the attitude of my superiors towards him, first of all nikolai pavlovich, of course, nikolai igo, gorchakov and sat for 12 years as an envoy in sturgat at the court." then, accordingly, he was an envoy to the german federal diet in frankfurt, which generally gathered as a result of the revolution in germany in forty -eighth-forty-ninth years, which gorchakov witnessed, in general, this experience of sitting in germany

asked count benkendorf angrily. "nothing more, count, than that you can contact the hotel metro yourself to order lunch." this answer earned me a reputation as a liberal in the eyes of the then all-powerful count benkendorf. in fact, because of his character and the attitude of his superiors, first of all nikolai pavlovich, of course, nikolai i, gorchakov spent 12 years as an envoy in sturgat, at the court ruler, then accordingly he was an envoy at the german federal diet in frankfurt, which generally gathered. revolution in germany in the forties, which gorchakov witnessed, in general this experience of sitting in germany gave him quite a lot, this is really so, he acquired connections, one of these connections in frankfurt, it was a connection with the future chancellor of germany, the actual creator of the german state , ottovon bismarck, and bismarck listened attentively to gorchakov, he was not yet such a major figure as he would become later, and some historians even call gorchakov a teacher. bismarck, althoug