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

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Portrait of Catherine the Great of Russia by Richard Brompton, showing her in regal attire with a jeweled crown and fur-trimmed robe, set in an ornate oval frame.
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
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Sergey Dmitriyevich Sazonov
Russian statesman