# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolay-girs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:09:31.778Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolay-girs"
name: "Nikolay Girs"
slug: "nikolay-girs"
description: "Nikolay de Girs or Giers was a Russian statesman and diplomat who served as the foreign minister from 1882 to 1895, during the reign of Alexander III. He was one of the architects of the Franco-Russian Alliance, which was later transformed into the Triple Entente, He promoted an image of Russia as a peaceful partner in dealing with complex and dangerous diplomatic situations, but most of the public credit went to Tsar Alexander."
tagline: "Russian politician (1820-1895)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_1888.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1820-05-21"
deathDate: "1895-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.07
  momentum:             3.992395437262357
  historical:           14.444208
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%BC%E5%8F%A4%E6%8B%89%C2%B7%E5%90%89%E5%B0%94%E6%96%AF"
    title: "尼古拉·吉尔斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%93%D1%96%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Мікалай Карлавіч Гірс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Николай Гирс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Karlowitsch_de_Giers"
    title: "Nikolai Karlowitsch de Giers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Girs"
    title: "Nikolay Girs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Girs"
    title: "Nikolai Girs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Giers"
    title: "Nikolai Giers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_de_Giers"
    title: "Nicolas de Giers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%86%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B5_%D4%B3%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%BD"
    title: "Նիկոլայ Գիրս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Karlovi%C4%8D_Girs"
    title: "Nikolaj Karlovič Girs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ニコライ・ギールス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_de_Giers"
    title: "Nikolaj de Giers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko%C5%82aj_de_Giers"
    title: "Nikołaj de Giers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Гирс, Николай Карлович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_von_Giers"
    title: "Nikolaj von Giers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Girs"
    title: "Nikolay Girs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%96%D1%80%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Гірс Микола Карлович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712440"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump