Giers, Nikolay (Karlovich)
- Giers, Nikolay (Karlovich)
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born May 21, 1820, Radzivilov, Volhynia region, Russia
died Jan. 26, 1895, St. Petersburg
Succeeding Aleksandr, Prince
Gorchakov, as foreign minister in 1882, he tried to maintain the Three Emperors' League with Germany and Austria-Hungary, but, when it lapsed (1887), he negotiated the
Reinsurance Treaty with Germany only. When that alliance was not renewed (1890), he concluded a formal Russo-French agreement (1894) that became the basis for the Russo-Franco-British alliance against the
Central Powers in World War I.
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