The Crimea in the Context of French-Russian Relations in the Age of Napoleon
Journal: Izvestia of the Ural federal university Series 2 Humanities and Arts
Year: 2019

Among the components of Napoleon’s foreign policy there was an attempt to revive France’s former influence in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. This paper addresses the efforts paid by the emperor and his retinue to collect information on the Crimea and their plans to use this peninsula for the needs of foreign political game. In 1802, Napoleon initiated the treaty with Russia on the Black Sea trade. In 1803, French diplomatist Jean Reuilly visited the Crimea, made a detailed account