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Vasily Lukich, Prince Dolgoruky

Russian prince
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Vasily Lukich, Prince Dolgoruky (born c. 1670β€”died Nov. 8 [Nov. 19, New Style], 1739, Novgorod, Russia) was a Russian diplomat and statesman who acquired political power for himself and his family during the reign of Tsar Peter II (reigned 1727–30). Dolgoruky began his diplomatic career as an aide to his uncle Yakov Fyodorovich in Paris (1687). In 1700 he accompanied another uncle, Grigory Fyodorovich, to Poland and in 1706 replaced him as Russian ambassador there....

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