Gorchakov

[ gawr-chuh-kawf, -kof; Russian guhr-chyi-kawf ]

noun

1. Prince A·le·ksan·der Mi·khai·lo·vich [prins, al-ig-, zan, -der mi-, hahy, -l, uh, -vich, -, zahn, -, uh-lyi-, ksahndr, myi-, khahy, -l, uh, -vyich], 1798–1883, Russian diplomat and statesman.

Example Sentences

The new document reflected Mr. Putin’s preoccupation with Russian history: its title, “Russia Gathers Its Strength,” is the name of an 1856 report written by the czarist statesman Aleksandr Gorchakov.

From New York Times

Gorchakov’s report laid out an imperial foreign policy of flexible alliances and relative isolation from European affairs that was driven largely by domestic considerations.

From New York Times

Like his predecessor, Prince Gorchakov, he was educated at the lyceum of Tsarskoye Selo, near St Petersburg, but his career was much less rapid, because he had no influential protectors, and was handicapped by being a Protestant of Teutonic origin.

From Project Gutenberg

Here he remained for six years, and, after serving as a minister in Switzerland and Sweden, he was appointed in 1875 director of the Eastern department and assistant minister for foreign affairs under Prince Gorchakov, whose niece he had married.

From Project Gutenberg

From that time he was practically minister of foreign affairs, for Prince Gorchakov was no longer capable of continued intellectual exertion, and lived mostly abroad.

From Project Gutenberg