Bismarck and Russia. 1851-1871 Dudarev V.

In this monograph, the reader is proposed to the analysis of the Russian direction of foreign policy of Otto von Bismarck on the eve of and during the unification of Germany, one of the key periods of German history of the 19th century. The work covers the 20-year period of European history: since 1851, when the Bismarck was appointed to his first diplomatic post in Frankfurt, in 1871, when the German Empire was proclaimed.

The real study was conducted on the basis of a comprehensive Analysis, first of all, of a wide range of materials stored in the archives of Germany and Russia, collections of documents, influential and authoritative Russian and German daily periodicals of that time, sources of personal origin. A joint study of these materials was not previously carried out.

most of the documents are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. The study of this complex topic contributes to a better understanding of the history of the relationship between German states and the Russian Empire in the XIX century. And the role that Russia played in the complex process of unification of Germany.