A handwritten letter from the great-grandson of Catherine II and Count Orlov A. Bobrinsky

The original handwritten letter is in good collector's condition. Alexey Bobrinsky (1852-1927), Russian historian and archaeologist, count, statesman, grandson of Empress Catherine II, writes to Monsieur de Grimm in French: "Je suis bien peine de vous savoir inquiet et espere que Madame Grimm ne tardera pas a se remettre. Vous serez le bien recu chez nous tel jour de la semaine qu'il vous plaira, et j'espere que vous vous serais encore plus d'une fois avant votre depart" ("I am very sorry to know that you are worried, and I hope that Madame Grimm will not take long to wait. We will welcome you well on any day of the week that you like, and I hope that you will visit there more than once before your departure"). With a built-in address sheet (one small trace of the former attachment and a small area of paper loss in one corner). Size 122*202 mm. Guarantee of authenticity. The authenticity of the letter is confirmed by a certificate from the International Autograph Auction House in Malaga (Spain).

Count Alexey Alexandrovich Bobrinsky (May 19 (31), 1852 — September 2, 1927, Grasse, France) was a Russian archaeologist, political and statesman. Great-grandson of Empress Catherine II and her favorite G. G. Orlov. 1870-1872 — studied at the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University. 1872 — began public service in the Office of the Committee of Ministers. 1875 — Petersburg county leader of the nobility. 1876 — acting provincial leader of the nobility. 1878 — provincial leader of the nobility (until 1898), 1883 — chamberlain 1890 — Chamberlain. 1896 — senator. 1907-1908 — chairman of the St. Petersburg City Duma 1914 — chairman of the Council of the Russian-English Bank (until 1917). 1916 — Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (from March 25 to July 21), Minister of Agriculture (from July 21 to November 14, 1916). Chief Chamberlain.

He held political rallies at his place, trying to bring the extreme right closer to the Octobrists and nationalists. After the October Revolution, he was a member of the monarchical "Council of the State Unification of Russia" and ran for the First State Duma as an independent candidate, but unsuccessfully. Before the elections to the II State Duma, he joined the party of the right, from which he exhibited in St. Petersburg (without success). He was elected to the deputies as a rightist to the III State Duma in the Kiev province. In the Duma, he belonged to the faction of the right, often spoke on issues of history and archeology. He also spoke on budgetary and general political issues, was a supporter of P. A. Stolypin, sometimes took positions of extreme conservatism. He was the deputy chairman of the right faction.

In 1886-1917 — Chairman of the Imperial Archaeological Commission, member of various foreign archaeological societies, member of the Committee for the Study of Central and East Asia, 1889 — Vice-President of the Academy of Arts. 1894 — Chairman of the Free Economic Society Conducted archaeological excavations, mainly near Kerch and in the Kiev province, the results of which were published in his work "Mounds and random finds near m . Bold" (I — 1886, II — 1894, III — 1901), part in time editions ("Report of the Arch. Comm." from 1882 to 1907 and "Izv. Imp. Arch. Comm." issue. 14, 16 − 18, 35, 37 and 40). While participating in the excavation of the Solokha mound, his son Alexey found a golden Scythian crest (kept in the Hermitage). He has collected a collection of ancient bronze of historical significance. He donated part of his collections to the Moscow Society of Natural Sciences and the Kiev Museum of Antiquities. Bobrinsky also published a number of works on prehistoric, classical and Russian archaeology.