The Catacazy affair and the uneasy path of Russian-American relations /
This is the first full treatment of the Catacazy Affair and its far-reaching implications for Russian-American relations. Constantin Catacazy whipped up scandal in Washington after his appointment there as Russian Ambassador in 1869. By 1871, President Grant and his Cabinet requested that he be reca...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
[2022].
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| Series: | Library of modern Russia.
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| Summary: | This is the first full treatment of the Catacazy Affair and its far-reaching implications for Russian-American relations. Constantin Catacazy whipped up scandal in Washington after his appointment there as Russian Ambassador in 1869. By 1871, President Grant and his Cabinet requested that he be recalled. But the timing of this request overlapped with the visit of the tsar's son to the United States, a celebrated diplomatic event symbolizing the friendship and good will between the two nations. Catacazy was allowed to travel with the tsar's son, but only as a persona non grata. This tense resolution led many to worry about the future of the Russian-American friendship. With a keen sense of the human interest, Farrow demonstrates that this affair was one of the earliest significant complications in the relationship between Russia and the United States. An increasingly uneasy relationship followed, culminating in the United States' intervention against the new Bolshevik regime. This book provides an insight into 19th century politics and diplomacy and explores the pre-suffrage power of women in the political arena through an investigation of the Washington wives' reactions to the controversial figure of Olga Catacazy. Using a lively microhistorical approach and fresh materials such as the letters of Catacazy and of Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, from archives in the United States, United Kingdom and Russia, this book provides cutting-edge analysis of a pivotal episode in modern history. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 202 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350107182 1350107182 |