In the late 1880s he went to Russia to further the cause of a Franco-Russian alliance.

Indeed Franco-Russian disputes on this issue flared up briefly once more in the 1760s and were not finally laid to rest until 1772.

Franco-Russian relations became progressively worse after 1810.

Events were in fact rapidly tending to the rupture of the Franco-Russian alliance.

After extensive negotiations, the Franco-Russian alliance was drafted August 17, 1892.

It allowed Germany to avoid fighting a two-front war against the Franco-Russian alliance.

Life there was a Franco-Russian paradise.

He was also interested in the letters of Voltaire and in Franco-Russian cultural relations.

If the secretary general appoints a Franco-Russian Whitewash Team, to whom can the world turn?

This is nowhere more evident than in the exciting, elegant, highly nuanced, and decadent repertoire of the Franco-Russian chef.

But in 1811, with the prospect of a Franco-Russian war in sight, Russia sought a quick decision on its southern frontier.

Atmosphere: Felicitous Franco-Russian marriage in charming storefront surroundings.

However, by October the Franco-Russian war was over and the French forces, decimated by a severe winter, had to retreat.

But Franco-Russian relations became progressively worse after 1810, and the Russian war with the UK effectively ended.

The conclusion of the Franco-Russian treaty at Tilsit in July 1807 rendered the mission abortive.

One of them, spreading across both the decade of Bismarck and that of his successor, was important in bringing about a Franco-Russian alliance.

Throughout most of her career however she continued to take voice lessons, studying for 10 years from 1912 with the Franco-Russian soprano Félia Litvinne.

Franco-Russian treaty (7 July)

It also severely weakened Prussia and formed a Franco-Russian axis designed to resolve disputes among European nations.

The Act was inspired by rumours of a possible Franco-Russian alliance and by perceived shortcomings in naval forces revealed during manoeuvres the year before.

They had no right to live, work or do business outside this crowded Pale, where conditions had become very difficult in the wake of the Franco-Russian war.

Jagow accepted the Franco-Russian offer as it offered the best chance to sever Britain from France and Russia.

Greeman is best known for his studies and translations of the Franco-Russian novelist and revolutionary Victor Serge (1890-1947).

The balloon landed in Siberia and it was recovered (with its precious data recorded on-board) by a Franco-Russian team with -40 deg.

He thought that satisfying Hitler's "land hunger" at Russia's expense would be immoral and regarded the Franco-Russian alliance as non-negotiable.