М.М. Якушев Резиденты и секретные агенты России в Константинополе в 1721–1751 гг.

М.М. Якушев Резиденты и секретные агенты России в Константинополе в 1721–1751 гг.

Аннотация

Статья освещает некоторые аспекты деятельности российских дипломатических представителей, аккредитованных при Высокой Порте, и секретных агентов, служивших интересам России в Константинополе в 1721–1751 гг. Основные усилия российских резидентов были направлены на осуществление дипломатических целей, разведывательных заданий и решение политических вопросов для продвижения стратегии России в регионе. Некоторые секретные агенты служили в российской миссии в Константинополе. Греки, рагузинцы и молдаване, будучи православными, симпатизировали России и помогали резидентам в общении с их европейскими коллегами и османском двором, а также в сборе секретной информации об Османской империи и ее связях с европейскими государствами.

Ключевые слова: Османская империя, русская дипломатия, русская разведка, секретный агент, резидент, А.А. Вешняков, И.И. Неплюев, А.И. Неплюев

Якушев Михаил Михайлович – кандидат исторических наук, первый секретарь Историко-документального департамента Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации, старший научный сотрудник Института востоковедения РАН, Москва, Российская Федерация.

SPIN-code: 8178-3806

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Mikhail M. Yakushev Russian residents and secret agents in Constantinople in 1721–1751

Abstract

The article highlights certain aspects of the activity of Russian diplomatic representatives, who were accredited to the Sublime Porte, and secret agents, who served Russian interests in Constantinople in 1721–1751. The main efforts of Russian residents were focused on the implementation of diplomatic goals, intelligence duties and the solution of political issues to promote Russian strategy in the region. Some of the secret agents worked in the Russian mission in Constantinople. Greeks, Ragusans and Moldavians, who were Orthodox, always sympathized with Russia, helped residents to communicate with their European colleagues and the Ottoman court, and also to collect secret information about the Ottoman Empire and its ties with the European states.

Keywords: The Ottoman Empire, Russian diplomacy, Russian intelligence, secret agent, resident, A. Veshniakov, I. Nepluyev, A. Nepluyev

Mikhail M. Yakushev – Ph.D. in History, First Secretary of Historical and Documentary Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation, senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

SPIN-code: 8178-3806

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