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About Boris Kurakin
Prince Boris Ivanovich Kurakin was the third permanent Russian ambassador abroad, succeeding Andrey Matveyev in The Hague and one of the closest associates of Peter the Great. He was also the brother-in-law of the tsar, being married to Xenia Feodorovna Lopukhina, daughter of Feodor Abramovich Lopukhin and sister of Eudoxia Lopukhina.
Everything about Boris Kurakin →- Occupation
- diplomat, politician, writer
- Position held
- ambassador of the Russian Empire in France
- Citizenship
- Tsardom of Russia, Russian Empire
- Born
- July 20, 1676, June 30, 1676
- Died
- October 17, 1727, October 28, 1727