Alexander Griboyedov
Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (, ''Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov'' or ''Griboyedov''; 15 January 179511 February 1829), formerly
romanized as
Alexander Sergueevich Griboyedoff, was a Russian
diplomat,
playwright,
poet, and
composer. His one notable work was the 1823 verse comedy ''
Woe from Wit''. He was Russia's ambassador to
Qajar Persia, where he and all the embassy staff were massacred by an angry mob as a result of the rampant anti-Russian sentiment that existed through Russia's imposition of the
Treaty of Gulistan (1813) and
Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828), which had forcefully ratified the
Qajar Empire's cession of its northern territories comprising
Transcaucasia and parts of the
North Caucasus. Griboyedov played a pivotal role in the ratification of the latter treaty.
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