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The Catacazy Affair and the Uneasy Path of Russian-American Relations (Hardcover)
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The Catacazy Affair and the Uneasy Path of Russian-American Relations (Hardcover)
Series: Library of Modern Russia
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Constantin Catacazy whipped up scandal in Washington after his
appointment there as Russian Ambassador in 1869, ignoring
diplomatic protocol and defying social mores. By 1871, President
Grant and his Cabinet requested that he be recalled. But the timing
of this request overlapped with the visit of the tsar's son to the
USA - a celebrated diplomatic event symbolising the friendship and
good will between the two nations. Consequently, Catacazy was
allowed to travel with the tsar's son, but only as a persona non
grata. This tense resolution led many to worry about the future of
the Russian-American friendship. With a keen sense of the human
interest, Lee A. Farrow demonstrates that this affair was one of
the earliest significant complications in the relationship between
Russia and the USA. Using a lively micro-historical approach and
fresh materials such as the letters of Catacazy and of Secretary of
State Hamilton Fish from archives in the USA, UK and Russia, Farrow
explores 19th-century politics and diplomacy, and the pre-suffrage
power of women in the political arena through an investigation of
the Washington wives' reactions to the controversial figure of Olga
Catacazy. The result is a cutting-edge analysis of this pivotal
episode in modern history.
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