books.google.co.uk - Count Karl Nesselrode, Russian foreign minister 1816-1856, was a controversial figure in the government of Nicholas I. The rapprochement with Britain, perhaps his finest achievement, was opposed at every step by Russians who regarded Britain as a rival. It was later condemned by tsarist historians as...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Nesselrode_and_the_Russian_rapprochement.html?id=-EjgwtsIQpMC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareNesselrode and the Russian rapprochement with Britain, 1836-1844
