The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, congratulated her colleagues on their professional holiday on her Facebook page.

"Day of the diplomatic worker" is a professional holiday of all diplomatic workers of the Russian Federation, which is celebrated in Russia annually on February 10. It was established on October 31, 2002 by Decree No. 1279 of President Vladimir Putin.

For congratulations, Zakharova chose a picture with a kissing couple, in which a woman asks her chosen one to say “three main words” to her. To which her lover replies: "Guarantees for the security of Russia." In response to the post, Zakharova received many congratulations from subscribers.

The date, February 10, for this holiday was not chosen by the President of Russia by chance and is connected with the history of the first foreign policy department of Russia - the Ambassadorial Order. On this day in 1549, the earliest mention of him falls, and his first leader was the clerk Ivan Mikhailovich Viskovatov (Viskovaty) to whom Ivan the Terrible was "ordered to be an embassy."

However, Viskovaty paid little attention to the embassy business, andrey Vasiliev began to deal with the Ambassadorial order.

In 1718–1720 The embassy order was transformed into the Collegium of Foreign Affairs. In 1802, Emperor Alexander I formed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the same time, the Collegium of Foreign Affairs did not cease to exist, but gradually all its most important functions were transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The College was finally abolished in 1832.

Earlier, Russian Ambassador to France Alexei Meshkov spoke about the peculiarities of Russian and French diplomacy.

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