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020			_a9781845111960
082			_a327.2 KEL
100			_aKelly, Laurence
245		0	_aDiplomacy and murder in Tehran: Alexander Griboyedov and imperial Russia's mission to the shah of Persia
260			_aLondon
260			_bTauris Parke
260			_c2006
300			_a316 p.
365			_b 495.00
365			_dRS
520			_aIn this first biography of Alexander griboyedov in English, Laurence Kelly paints a vivid picture of a man of remarkable literary talent and diplomatic gifts that were nevertheless overshadowed by ill-fortune. Involved in the 1825 decembrist plot to overthrow the Tsarist state and the mission to further Russia's expansionist agenda in the Caucasus, the famous writer was eventually murdered by zealous mobs in Tehran. 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 nineteenth-century Russia's most respected and prominent writers.
650			_aDiplomacy
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