Arkady Morkov Explained

Arkady Morkov
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Alma Mater:Imperial Moscow University (1764)
Birth Date:17 January 1747
Resting Place:Lazarevskoe Cemetery

Arkady Ivanovich Morkov (Russian: Аркадий Иванович Морков; –) was a Russian Imperial diplomat, noble (count), and Active Privy Councillor of Russia.

Morkov was the member of the Russian Collegium for Foreign Affairs and Alexander Bezborodko aide. He later replaced Bezborodko. He served as the ambassador to the Netherlands (1781–83), Sweden (1785–86) and France (1801–03). In this last capacity, he signed the Treaty of Paris that formally ended Russian involvement in the War of the Second Coalition.

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