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The Museum of Diplomatic Corps ((ロシア語:Музей дипломатического корпуса)) is a private historical museum located in Russian city Vologda. It is situated in a wooden manor that belonged to a noble Pavel Puzan-Puzyrevsky (a listed building of the first third of the 19th century) where, in 1918, the American Embassy was quartered. The exposition of the museum is devoted to little known events which took place in Vologda in February–July 1918, and is connected with a stay of 11 foreign embassies and diplomatic missions headed by the American Ambassador David Rowland Francis. ==Diplomatic corps in Vologda in 1918== In late February 1918, for about 5 months, Vologda became the so-called "diplomatic capital of Russia". Afraid of Petrograd's capture by the German forces, representatives of 11 embassies evacuated to Vologda. Among them were the American, British, French, Serbian, Belgian, Siamese and Italian embassies, the Brazilian consulate and the Japanese, Chinese, and Swedish-Danish diplomatic missions led by the American Ambassador, David R. Francis.〔''Шебалин В.Д.'' Былое не вычеркнуть. Страницы истории о малоизвестных событиях 1917—1920 годов в Вологодском крае. Вологда, 1993: ( Глава «Посольство, экономические миссии» )〕 D.R. Francis chose Vologda because of its distant location from the front line, its convenience in telegraph communication, and its intersection of important railroads which could be useful in case of an urgent evacuation of the missions in any direction.〔(Why Vologda? ) on the website of the Museum of Diplomatic Corps〕 During the 5 months of their stay in Vologda the diplomats analyzed the political situation in the Soviet Russia and gave appropriate practical recommendations to the governments of their countries. This fact didn’t pass unnoticed by the Bolshevik leaders. In the middle of 1918, they began to strengthen their power in the town including repressive measures against counterrevolutionaries. As a result, on July 24, 1918, the diplomats were compelled to leave Vologda. Later on, the diplomats’ stay in the town was consigned to oblivion. The mentioning of the embassies in Vologda was politically dangerous. Soviet propaganda stigmatized the diplomats as “accomplices of the world imperialism” and they were mentioned only in the connection with their activities aimed at overthrowing the soviet power. At the same time, in the USA and Western Europe one considered the stay of the diplomatic corps in Vologda a waste of time.〔(Museum of Diplomatic Corps ) on the web-archive of Vologda Oblast Government〕 Only in the 1990s, in scientific researches and publicists’ works, was the historical importance of the diplomats’ activities in Vologda realized. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Museum of Diplomatic Corps」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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