RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR A.P. IZVOLSKY ON THE SITUATION IN FRANCE IN THE INITIAL PERIOD OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR (ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTS OF THE AVPRI)

Abstract

The article deals with the problems outlined in the letters of the Russian Ambassador to France A.P. Izvolsky to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia S.D. Sazonov. Among the issues raised by A. P. Izvolsky were the retreat of French troops at the beginning of the First World War and the assessment of the risks of the Russian Empire losing an ally in the person of France; S.D. Sazonov's assessment and broadcasting the opinions of other statesmen on the development of the situation and the forecast of further events after the victory of the French troops in the Battle of the Marne and the retreat of German troops; assessment of the influence of the foreign policy factor on the dynamics of the domestic political situation in France at the beginning of the First World War.