Prince A.B. Kurakin and Russian Intelligence in Paris in 1812
The article is devoted to the reconnaissance activity of the Russian embassy in Paris on the eve and at the beginning of the war between Russia and France in 1812. The introduction into the scientific circulation of a large complex of unpublished documents stored in foreign archives made it possible to conclude that the Russian Ambassador A. B. Kurakin had a key role in informing St. Petersburg about the situation in France in 1812.