Andrei Yakovlevich Dashkov ( 1775 - June 21, 1831 ) - the first diplomat to represent Russia in the United States from 1808 to 1817 .
Representative of the Dashkov clan. The son from the first marriage of the court adviser Yakov Andreevich Dashkov (who since 1792 was married by his second marriage to Alexandra Evgrafovna Tatishcheva ) [1] .
He began his service in 1786 in the Life Guards Semyonovsky regiment as a sergeant, and in 1799 he retired with the rank of second lieutenant guard. Since 1804, he served in the Department of Commerce as a senior assistant. In 1807, diplomatic relations between Russia and the United States were officially established. In 1808, Dashkov was identified as "the Russian consul general and charge d'affaires in the United States."
“Driven by a desire to expand friendly and commercial ties connecting all civilized nations, and believing in the wisdom of your policy, His Imperial Majesty entrusted me with the important task of promoting the development of trade relations between the two countries, strengthening the ties of friendship that bind them and preventing anything that could overshadow. "
- From a speech addressed to US President James Madison and Congress (1809)
Since 1811, his rank became officially known as "Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister of Russia to the US Congress " [2] . Thanks to the participation of Dashkova, General Moreau , who lived in America as an exile, returned to Europe in 1813 at the invitation of Emperor Alexander I.
In 1817, Dashkov was recalled from the post of Minister Plenipotentiary and left at the College of Foreign Affairs. From 1820 to 1821 he was at the mission of Constantinople managing affairs in the judicial and commercial parts. Since 1826, he has been a State Councilor. In 1829 he was granted the Knights of the Order of St. Vladimir and retired. He died in 1831.
From marriage to Baroness Eugenia Iosifovna Preisser (1783–1881) had a son, Jacob (1803–1872), a diplomat and a real privy councilor.
Notes
- ↑ Rummel V.V., Golubtsov V.V. Genealogy collection of Russian noble families. - St. Petersburg: Edition by A.S. Suvorin, 1886. - T. 1. - P. 231.
- ↑ Russian Biographical Dictionary: At 25 t./A. A. Polovtsov. - M., 1896-1918. - Volume 8, p. 134.