August Adolph von Cramm, his Russian diary (1728-1731) and the diplomatic culture of the Enlightenment

August Adolph v. Cramm belonged to an aristocratic family from Lower Saxony and received his education at the Ritterakademie in Wolfenbüttel. Cramm was envoy for Wolfenbüttel at the Imperial Diet in Regensburg, Denmark, Sweden and – from 1727 to 1731, and again 1739-1741 – in Russia. His diary 1727-1730 („Diarium so in Rußland gehalten nebst einigen dabei gehörigen curieusen Piecen, 1727-1730“) is an exciting testimony to an eventful era; not only of political, but also of cultural German-Russian interactions and the diplomatic culture of the Enlightenment. In addition to his diplomatic activities in Russia, Cramm showed an interest in intellectual and cultural issues. He travelled throughout Russia, maintained constant contact with St Petersburg academic world and frequented the circles of the enlightened Russian aristocracy. The planned source edition includes Cramm’s diary in Russian translation with a detailed introduction and commentaries. In the HAB collections, I am interested in the materials relevant to the analysis of Cramm’s diary on the context of diplomatic relations and diplomatic practices (rituals, language, historical semantics in the broader sense of the word).
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