title: West and East, the Ottoman Empire and France: Embassy Structures and Ideas about Diplomacy by the Middle of the XVIII Century
abstract: The article is devoted to the study of various aspects of the functioning of diplomatic missions and the work of their staff, primarily ambassadors. The activities of the latter make it possible to analyze bilateral and multilateral relations. This plays a significant role when we talk about concepts in foreign policy, for example, the Eastern Barrier is the concept of the Old Regime, we can compare the theoretical and ideological justification with real practice in international relations. In a
journal: Izvestia of Smolensk State University