Búcsú Szentpétervártól. Gróf Esterházy Miklós elhagyja az orosz fővárost
Farewell to Saint Petersburg: Count Miklós Esterházy leaves the Russian capital

Summary/Abstract: Count Nicolas Esterházy (1711-1764) was among the first Hungarian aristocrats, employed by the Vienna Court as career-diplomats. His most important mission was to the imperial Russia where he spent more time, than any of his predecessors – the long eight years (1753-1761),. This period was the time of a tight cooperation of the two allied powers before and during the Seven Years War (1756-1763). The article suggests a brief overview of his activities in Russia and concentrates on the much desired and many times postponed recalling from the Russian capital. Inasmuch as his private archive has perished, the article suggests a biographical reconstruction based on his ambassadorial reports to the state chancellor Count Wenzel Anton Kaunitz and Empress Maria Theresa.

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