Abstract
The Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire is the most important department in the domain of Russian foreign policy. Since its establishment in 1819, the department has mediated diplomatic correspondence between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, Central Asia and the countries of the Far East, as well as its political and trade ties with Asian countries. Apart from diplomatic and consular activities, the department was obliged to organize political missions and welcome delegations from the Balkans and the East. At the beginning of the 60s, the department recorded an increase in activity, and the credit for that goes to General N. P. Ignatyev who managed the department from 1861 to 1864. a participant in active and aggressive politics in the East. The period of his management of the Asian Department was marked by the policy of protecting the national interests of the Balkan Christians.
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