Pyotr Andreevich Tolstoy
Pjotr Andrejewitsch Tolstoy ( Russian Пётр Андреевич Толстой , scientific transliteration Pëtr Andreevič Tolstoj , German also Peter Andrejewitsch Tolstoi ; * around 1646 ; † February 17, 1728 ) was a Russian politician from the Tolstoy family .
Pyotr Andrejewitsch Tolstoy came from the Russian nobility and was, together with his brother Johannes, adviser to Tsarina Sofia Alexejewna . Although he was the father of several children, he was sent by Peter the Great with young nobles to study in Italy and then (1701) ambassador to Turkey, where he was imprisoned twice in the war between Russia and Russia. As ambassador, he repeatedly urged Charles XII to be expelled there in 1710 . which ultimately took place. When war broke out between Russia and Turkey that same year, Tolstoy was arrested for the second time and detained in Jedi Kule Castle. After he was released in the course of the peace treaty in 1714, he accompanied Peter the Great1717 to Paris and negotiated there with Marshal Nicolas Chalon du Blé , Marquis of Uxelles and Cormatin. In the same year he pursued the fugitive son of the tsar, Alexei .
Together with the Guard Captain Alexander Ivanovich Rumjanzew , he received permission from the emperor in Vienna, into whose territory Alexei had fled, to meet him in Naples. Before doing this, he promised the emperor that the tsar would forgive his son. Since Alexei stubbornly refused to return to Russia, he bribed the secretary of the viceroy of Naples, on whose advice Alexei listened, and possibly also Alexei's lover Afrosinja , so that they persuade the tsarevich to give in. Finally, the threat that the tsar would appear in Italy in person worked, and Alexei traveled back to Russia with his companions. Tolstoy left him in Riga to report to the Tsar.
He later took part in the interrogation of the tsar's son , alleging numerous falsehoods. After Alexei was sentenced to death , he died before execution . According to a version of the events attributed to Rumyantsev, Tolstoy, Buturlin , Ushakov and himself are said to have suffocated the Tsar's son, which is very unlikely. In any case, after the death of Alexeis, Tolstoy received the title of count and became a minister, whereby he proved to be skilful and bribable. At the instigation of Alexander Danilowitsch Menshikov , Tolstoy was banished by Catherine I to a monastery, where he died in 1728.
literature
- Henry Vallotton : Peter the Great. Russia's rise to great power . 2nd, revised edition. Callwey, Munich 1978, ISBN 978-3-7667-0430-6 (Original title: Pierre le Grand . Paris 1958. Translated by Eleonore Seitz and Hermann Rinn).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Russian ru: Ушаков, Андрей Иванович , Uschakow, Andrei Ivanovich (1672–1747)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tolstoy, Pyotr Andreevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Толстой, Пётр Андреевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1646 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1728 |