Diplomatic Mission A.F. Negri in Bukhara 1820: Goals and Results

This article discusses the circumstances of the preparation, goals, course, conduct and results of the diplomatic mission of Alexander Fedorovich Negri to Bukhara in 1820.The mission was sent from Orenburg to Bukhara by the Asian Committee to strengthen relations with the Bukhara Emirate.Based on existing literature and two little-known works from the "Proceedings" of the Orenburg Scientific Archival Commission, little-studied facts about the ransom of prisoners from Bukhara imprisonment are revealed, the scientific results of the expedition members E.K. Meindorf, E. Eversman and others, as well as the political and economic results of the mission.Over the years, full members of the Orenburg Scientific Archival Commission A.V. Vasiliev and N.G.Petukhov published their research in the "Proceedings" of the commission, revealing the results of the mission and the biographies of its participants.The work of A.V.