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ONE OF THE PLACES OF HONOR among the outstanding statesmen of Russia who served as its foreign ministers belongs to Prince Alexey Lobanov-Rostovsky.* At 35, he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople (1859-1863); later, he returned to the Ottoman Empire as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1878-1879) and served in the same rank in London (1879-1882) and Vienna (1882-1895). On February 26 (March 10), 1895, Nicholas II made him foreign minister.
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