Record

Document Reference	Bu 48/74
Title	Copy letter from Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia, to 2nd Earl Granville [G. Leveson-Gower], Foreign Office, London; 27 Nov 1870.
Date	27 November 1870
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that General Ignatieff has had an audience with the Sultan, who spoke to him in friendly and pacific terms regarding the Russian declaration; the Emperor is pleased; the Emperor asked the Turkish Ambassador to convey his thanks to the Sultan and return his pacific assurances; Prince Gorchakov has told the Turkish Ambassador that he wanted to break the ice, but not the windows.
Term	treaties, Treaty of Paris 1856, Russian repudiation
Term	Turkish affairs, 'Eastern Question'

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6192	Alexander II (1818-1881); Emperor of all the Russias; (succeeded 1855)	1818-1881
NA6888	Abdülaziz (1830-1876); Sultan of Turkey; (succeeded 1861)	1830-1876
NA6704	Ignatieff; Nikolai P. (1832-1908); Count; general and diplomat	1832-1908
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA6137	Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman	1815-1891