Italian Eurasian Diplomacy: Giulio Melegari and his Work as Ambassador Between Tokyo and St. Petersburg (1896-1912)

Abstract

One of the most painful pages in Russian history is represented by its defeat in the Russian-Japanese war of 1904-
1905. From that event derive the notorious Bloody Sunday (January 1906) and the October Manifesto which forced the Tsar to
give the people popular representation- Duma. An observer of these events was Giulio Melegari, son of the ex Minister of
Foreign Affairs Luigi Amedeo. From Tokyo to St. Petersburg, where his carrier will end, he will be a careful witness of two
powers in the center of world history and a worthy diplomat; author of the Racconigi Agreement (1909).