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Diplomacy and murder in Tehran :Alexander Griboyedov and imperial Russia's mission to the Shah of Persia

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Diplomacy and murder in Tehran :Alexander Griboyedov and imperial Russia's mission to the Shah of Persia

When a Tehran mob broke into the Russian embassy and murdered all the diplomats there, the dead included one of the most brilliant and promising writers of 19th-century Russia. In this first biography of Griboyedov in English, Laurence Kelly paints a vivid picture of his remarkable literary and diplomatic gifts which were nevertheless overshadowed by ill-fortune. He narrowly escaped punishment for involvement with the 1825 Decembrist plot to overthrow the Tsarist state. After this he was despatched to Georgia and Iran, to further Russia's expansionist agenda in the Caucasus and beyond. But while in Tehran Griboyedov fell foul of the zealous mobs. This book makes an invaluable contribution to the diplomatic history of Russia, the Caucasus and Iran at the same time illuminating the life and works of a writer who was among 19th-century Russia's most respected and prominent writers.

London

Tauris Parke Paperbacks

2002, 2006

xiii, ]3[, 316 p.: ill. )some col.(, facsims., maps, ports. )some col.( ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN-10: 1845111966

ISBN-13: 9781845111960

Laurence Kelly

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، Griboyedov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich,5971-9281

Biography ، Authors, Russian - 91th century

Biography ، Diplomats - Russia

، Murder - Iran Tehran

Foreign relations - Iran ، Russia

Foreign relations - Russia ، Iran

Foreign relations - 1081-5281. ، Russia

Foreign relations - 5281-5581. ، Russia

3391-

Kelly, Laurence

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TI