The film is dedicated to the life and work of the great Russian diplomat, Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov, as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire, and demonstrates the unique coincidence of the personality traits and the cause that Gorchakov served.




















Sphinx statues on the Neva embankment in St.
Petersburg.
Fragment of the Winter Palace building.
Monument to Peter I in the rays of the sun.
Painting depicting the Decembrist uprising on Senate Square on December 14, 1825. Painting depicting the monument to Peter I and the building of St.
Isaac's Cathedral on a winter night.
House in St.
Petersburg where the Decembrist I. Pushchin lived.
Portrait of Pushchin.
Portrait of the young A.M. Gorchakov.
Fragments of the cast-iron fence of the bridges across the Moika, the Alexander Column is visible in the distance.
Portrait of Emperor Nicholas I. Illuminated marble staircase in the Winter Palace.
Portrait of Emperor Alexander II. View of the Throne Room.
Coat of arms of the Russian Empire above the throne.
Fragment of the decoration in the form of a double-headed eagle.
Decorations of the ceilings and walls of the Winter Palace.
Drawing of the interior of Alexander II's office.
Portrait of A.M. Gorchakov.
View of the spire of the Admiralty building and the dome of St.
Isaac's Cathedral from the window of the Winter Palace.
Photograph of Alexander II sitting at the table in his study.
Portrait of A.M. Gorchakov.
Painted portrait of Alexander II. Painting depicting Nicholas I on horseback, fragments of the painting.
Portrait of the poet V.A. Zhukovsky.
Photograph of Baden-Baden and its environs in the mid-19th century.
Graphic color portrait of V.A. Zhukovsky.
Fragments of the text of Gorchakov's letter to Tsarevich Alexander Nikolaevich about Zhukovsky's death in 1852. Color drawing of Gorchakov's study with a portrait of Zhukovsky on the wall.
Portrait of V.A. Zhukovsky.
Statues of Atlanteans at the entrance to the Winter Palace.
Painting depicting a disabled soldier of the Crimean War.
A branch of dried burdock.
View of part of the log house.
A half-dried tree.
Statues on the paths of the Summer Garden.
View of part of the Summer Garden fence.
Photograph of Gorchakov after taking office as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Fragments of Gorchakov's letters and manuscripts.
Graphic drawing depicting a reception at the Winter Palace.
Photo portrait of Gorchakov.
Statue of a sphinx on the Neva embankment.
Waves of the Neva.
Title and text of the Manifesto of Alexander II on the abolition of serfdom in Russia.
Signature of Alexander II under the Manifesto.
Engraving depicting the reading of the Manifesto on the abolition of serfdom to the people.
Graphic portrait of Alexander II. Paintings and engravings reflecting the events of the American Civil War in 1861-1896. Graphic portrait of the Emperor of France Napoleon III on horseback.
Text of Napoleon III's appeal to St.
Petersburg and London with a proposal to conduct a joint intervention against the United States.
Graphic portrait of Gorchakov.
Text of Gorchakov's response to Napoleon III. Drawing of President Lincoln delivering a speech.
View of the corner of the building near the Pevchesky Bridge.
Sea waves.
Drawing of a port with Russian warships.
St.
Andrew's flag waving.
Night fireworks over the Statue of Liberty in New York.
Color photographs of Livadia Park.
Part of the Tsar's Path in Livadia Park in autumn.
Bushes and trees growing in the park.
View of the Livadia Palace.
Photograph of American delegates in the Livadia Palace delivering an address of greetings to Alexander II and Gorchakov.
View of part of Livadia Park.
Map of Alaska sold by Russia to America in 1867. Photographs of Alaskan landscapes, flora, and fauna.
The Alaska Sale Act, sealed with a seal.
Photographs of the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
The building near the Pevchesky Bridge in St.
Petersburg, where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was located.
View of the upper part of the globe.
Map of Prussia and the adjacent German states (panorama).
Fragments of Klodt's sculptures on the Anichkov Bridge.
Photograph by Otto von Bismarck.
Graphic portrait by Gorchakov.
Views of the building where the Prussian embassy was located in the second half of the 19th century.
Photographs of the monuments to M.I. Kutuzov and M.B. Barclay de Tolly near the Kazan Cathedral in St.
Petersburg.
Chariot above the arch of the General Staff Building.
Autumn foliage in the Summer Garden, yellowed trees (panorama).
Engraving depicting Bismarck's speech in the Reichstag.
Engraving depicting French soldiers.
Graphic portrait of Bismarck.
Caricatures of France in Prussian newspapers.
Architectural decorations of historic buildings in Paris.
Fence and part of the Palace of Justice in Paris.
Alley in the Bois de Boulogne where an assassination attempt on Alexander II took place in 1867. Engraving depicting the assassination attempt on Alexander II. Views of the Palace of Justice building.
The towers of the Conciergerie prison.
An engraving depicting the attempt by the Italian Orsini on Napoleon III. A view of the Conciergerie prison building on the Seine embankment.
A green statue of a lion on the Seine embankment.
The branches of a tree sway in the wind.
Paintings depicting balls and receptions in the Winter Palace.
A painted portrait by Gorchakov in the 1870s.
Portrait of Alexander II. A caricature of Bismarck.
A painting depicting Bismarck among the military during a meeting.
Gargoyle decorations of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Paintings and engravings depicting military operations during the Franco-Prussian War.
Views of historic buildings and streets of Paris.
Panorama of the upper part of the Vendôme Column with bas-reliefs and a statue of Napoleon I (from bottom to top).
Reflection of the column in the window of a house.
View of Palace Square in St.
Petersburg.
Chandelier under the ceiling of the Imperial Dining Room in the Winter Palace.
Graphic portrait of Alexander II surrounded by portraits of Gorchakov and other ministers.
Text of Russia's refusal to comply with the articles of the Treaty of Paris, written by Gorchakov.
Fireworks in the night sky.
Painted portrait of Gorchakov in a ceremonial uniform, fragments of the portrait.
Rolling sea waves.
View of Palace Square with the Alexander Column (top).
Drawings and engravings reflecting the proclamation of the German Empire in 1871. Views of the Palace in Versailles, where the first German Emperor Wilhelm I was crowned.
Painting depicting Emperor Wilhelm I in Versailles at the moment of the proclamation of the German Empire.
Panorama of Palace Square in St.
Petersburg in winter.
Panorama of part of the Winter Palace building, it is snowing.
Graphic portrait of Bismarck.
Portrait of Gorchakov at the age of 76. Statue of a lion covered in snow.
Fragment of Bruegel's painting.
Caricature depicting the hairs on Bismarck's bald head.
Engraving depicting Bismarck.
Letters from Bismarck to Gorchakov.
Photograph of Gorchakov sitting in an armchair.
Engravings depicting Bismarck and Gorchakov.
Part of the sculpture of a lion on the English Embankment in St.
Petersburg.
Graphic portrait of Bismarck.
Photographs of the palace in Berlin.
Full-length portrait of Gorchakov.
Newsreel: military operations on the fronts of the First and Second World Wars.
People fleeing from an air raid.
Victims of bombing.
German bombers approaching their target.
Burning wheat stacks.
Corpses of victims of the Nazi occupiers in the Moscow region in December 1941, women crying over the corpses.
Ruins of destroyed city blocks (top).
Crematorium oven in one of the concentration camps.
The exhumed corpse of a prisoner is carried on two poles.
Concentration camp prisoners behind barbed wire (panorama).
Portrait of Gorchakov.
Engraving depicting a Turkish soldier.
Engravings and drawings depicting demonstrations of solidarity with the Slavic peoples in 1877. Drawings, engravings and paintings reflecting the events of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Painting depicting a session of the Berlin Congress, fragments of the painting, Bismarck and Gorchakov in the painting.
Fragments of the text of the Berlin Treaty, seals and signatures of the parties.
Winter in St.
Petersburg, snow on a cast-iron grate.
Statue of a sphinx on the Neva embankment.
Photograph of the sculpture of an angel on the Alexander Column.
Bust of Alexander II and a memorial plaque at the entrance to the room where Alexander II died after an assassination attempt on March 1, 1881. Fragments of the monument to Alexander III. Sculptures of Atlanteans at the entrance to the Winter Palace.
View of the front part of the Sphinx statue on the Neva embankment.
Panoramas of the Neva bound by ice.
Views of Gorchakov's house in Nice, where he settled after retiring, windows of the house.
Trees and paths of the park near the house.
Orthodox chapel in Nice.
Engraving depicting the death of Alexander II's eldest son Nicholas.
Portrait of Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich - the eldest son of Alexander II. Yacht in the bay of the Cote d'Azur.
Sea surf, coastal landscape.
Windows of Gorchakov's house in Nice.
Seascape at sunset.
Clouds painted in the red color of the sunset.
Portrait of Gorchakov.
2001
Saint Petersburg Paris
Autumn Winter