Iwan Simolin

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Ivan Matwiejewicz Simolin

Iwan Matwiejewicz Simolin (born 1720, died 1799) is a Russian diplomat.

In 1743 he began working in the Foreign Office. In the years 1744-1757 he was the secretary of the Russian embassy in Denmark, and in 1757 the embassy in Austria. In the years 1758-1773, the minister was a resident of the Reich.

In the years 1773-1774 a Member in Denmark.

In the years 1774-1778 Simolin was an ambassador to Russia in Stockholm.

During the Riksdag (1778-1779) Simolin and Danish ambassador Christian Fredrik von Gyldencrone jointly prepared the conspiracy of malcontents to oppose the attempt to strengthen the royal authority that Gustav III undertook and would turn to Russia and Denmark to restore the democratic constitution. from 1720 (which was in force in the so-called era of freedom (1718-1772)). This was to give Denmark and Russia an excuse to invade Sweden. Axel von Fersen, who was being questioned by the Russians and Danes and encouraged to join the conspiracy, not only refused but delivered the conspirators.

Simolin was recalled to Russia not to irritate the government of Gustav III. Successor Simolina Ivan Rückman was ordered not to interfere in Swedish politics, but only to observe the actions of the king and the Swedish government.

In the years 1779-1784 Ivan Simolin was the Russian-plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom. His secretary was Englishman Johnson Newman.

In the years 1785-1792 Ivan Simolin was a Russian ambassador in Paris. In 1787 he made a favorable trade and navigation treaty with the French. In 1792, he was dismissed from Paris (only his subordinate Mikhail Novikov was there) because of the revolutionary riots. He retained the title of Russian ambassador in France and as such visited the French counter-revolutionary units in Belgium and Germany. Bibliography

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