See Also: Nesselrode, Karl (Robert Vasilyevich), Count(encyclopedia)
Suvorov, Aleksandr (Vasilyevich), Count(encyclopedia)
Moltke, Helmuth (Karl Bernhard), count von(encyclopedia)
Nesselrode(dictionary)
slent(3)(dictionary)
slent(1)(dictionary)
slent(4)(dictionary)
slent(2)(dictionary)
Vasilyevich (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Gogol, Nikolay (Vasilyevich)(encyclopedia)

slent(2) (iou) and Nesselrode, Karl (Robert Vasilyevich), Count (sh)


slent(2) (iou)



slent noun2. Long rare or obsolete. LME.
[Of Scandinavian origin (cf. Norwegian slett, Old Norse sletta dash, splash). See also SLANT noun2.]
A splash or sprinkling of water. rare. Only in LME.
= SLANT noun2. L16.

Nesselrode, Karl (Robert Vasilyevich), Count (sh)




born Dec. 13, 1780, Lisbon, Port.
died March 23, 1862, St. Petersburg, Russia

Russian statesman.

After serving in the Russian diplomatic service, he acted as minister of foreign affairs (1822-56) and as chancellor (1845-62). He sought to influence the Ottoman Empire with the Treaty of Hunkar ?skelesi (1833) and the Straits Convention (1841). He supported aid to Austria in suppressing the Hungarian uprising (1848). His policy of promoting Russia's influence in the Balkans helped precipitate the Crimean War. He negotiated the subsequent treaty at the Congress of Paris.