PRINCE PYOTR KOZLOVSKI THE RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT AND MAN OF LETTERS. AS S DIPLOMAT HE WAS THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO SARDINIA (1812) DURING A BRIEF PEACE BETWEEN FRANCE AND RUSSIA KOZLOVSKI HELPED A GROUP OF FRENCH PRISONERS TO ESCAPE ENGLISH CAPTIVITY FOR WHICH HE AWARDED THE LEGION D’HONNEUR BY EMPEROR NAPOLEAN. HE THEN TRAVELLED TO VARIOUS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AS A DIPLOMAT BEFORECSETTLING IN LONDON FROM 1829 DESPITE HIS ANTI BRITISH ACTIONS PREVIOUSLY . HE WITNESSED BOTH TGE FRENCH AND BELGIUM REVOLUTIONS AND WROTE IN DEFENCE OF MINISTERS CAUGHT UP IN THE REVOLUTIONS. HE RETURNEF TO MOSCOW IN 1835. THIS IS A HAND SIGNED NOTE ACCEPTING A DINNER INVITATION AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY c 1830.
