STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1798, sig. 109-5/26

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66 -63 never forgot the concerns of his own country. His preference for all English had almost made him an Englishman, so that he spent his life in this country which became his second home. Vorontsov is one of the most important statesmen that Russia had in the decades around the turn of the century. It was only natural that he, too, made every effort to promote and make friendly English-Russian relations. Nor did the English-Russia contrasts, only a few far-sighted politicians like Pitt, rest clearly. - It was understandable when the former English envoy triumphed in Petersburg Whitworth when he received the news from Paul I. Alexander's first attempt to take over the government was to preserve peace and quiet for his empire. He immediately called back the Cossack Army, which had already marched with the aim of India, who had crossed the Volga with great difficulty. He also waived the claims to Malta and the Order's championship. 1) Strong influence on Alexander I. the calculated violent action of England against Denmark: Nelson had taken away the Danish fleet in the middle of peace. However, this all international law derisory action achieved its purpose: the already emerging coalition against England broke apart. The English fleet, which now ruled the Baltic Sea, stood the way of a peace treaty with England. On the other hand, Napoleon made every effort to persuade the new tsar and his father to take joint action against England. Looking ahead, he recognized the single possibility for Russia to bind to France and for a solution to England: the expansion of relations over the Black Sea, which was then outside the 1) steel 3, p. 85. 2) diaper band p.224,