Aleksandr Nelidov

[1] He studied law and Oriental languages in St. Petersburg University.

He was Secretary to the Russian embassies at Athens, Munich and Vienna.

He directed the diplomatic office at the headquarters of the Russian army during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878).

Nelidov helped settle the Armenian Question and Balkan difficulties.

He died from apoplexy on 18 September 1910, which he contracted while passing through Munich on 8 August.