Record

Document Reference	Bu 50/ 1-103
Title	Copy letters from Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia, to the Foreign Secretary, Foreign Office, London and to others; 1869-1871.
Date	1869-1871
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Letters refer to major events in Europe and Asia including the Franco Prussian War, the Eastern Question and to Central Asian affairs; the contents are valuable for the information they contain on Russian foreign policy and to the impact of the Crimean War on Russian ambitions.
Term	military campaigns, Franco-Prussian War 1870-1
	Turkish affairs, 'Eastern Question'
	Central Asian affairs, 'Central Asian Question'
	military campaigns, Crimean War 1853-6
Physical Description	462 pages

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA6023	Hammond; Edmund (1802-1890); 1st Baron Hammond	1802-1890
NA6927	Gower; Albert Sutherland-Leveson- (1843-1874); Lord; son of 2nd Duke of Sutherland	1843-1874
NA6897	Bourke; Richard S. (1822-1872); 6th Earl of Mayo; statesman	1822-1872
NA6829	Mansfield; William R. (1819-1876); 1st Baron Sandhurst; general	1819-1876