Композитор и дипломат! Composer and diplomat!

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Pierre-Augustin Caron da Beaumarchais (1732-1799) is best known as the author of The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. Much less known are his technical work and very significant deeds in the field of diplomacy. It was he, a man of liberal views, thanks to his enormous popularity, being a member of the royal family, especially the queen, who was an admirer of the arts, who achieved recognition by France of the independence of a new, very small at that time (only 13 states), but even then an ambitious state - the North American United States. This was followed by the recognition of the United States and in the Old World as a whole.
Being a wealthy man and a successful businessman, he bought weapons and ships at his own expense to deliver them to the former British colonies that fought with the British Army, achieved state aid from Royal France to the Americans (in debt, because they had no money), which unwittingly contributed to the overthrow royalty in their own country.

The monument to Beaumarchais is installed in Paris on Saint-Antoine street, which connects Rivoli with pl. Bastille, the author, L. Clossade, presented a model of the monument in 1894, its grand opening took place on May 16.1897. There was no information about whether the Americans paid off Beaumarchais for the assistance provided, whether they erected monuments to him in the USA, which he certainly deserved!