government refused to implement this plan. In 1896 a Polish historian Bronislav Dembrinsky has found a document, which is now known as the so-called letter to Friedrich von Hertzberg. In April 1791, someone named "Kapnist" had a secret meeting with Prussian chancellor Ewald Friedrich Graf von Hertzberg, trying to persuade the Prussian government to declare war on Russia in case an uprising starts of Zaporozhian Cossacks against Russian rule. Friedrich Wilhelm II refused to give his own consent for such an action. This letter was attributed by Bronislav Dembrinsky to Vasily Kapnist. However it is still not clear whether Vasily Kapnist truly could be the author of this letter and it remains unclear whether the real name could be used in the document. According to Olexandr Ohloblyn there are at least three relevant candidates, who could have written such letter using the name "Kapnist". References External links Biography of Kapnist Kapnist. Poems English translations of 4 epigrams 1758 births 1823 deaths Russian people of Greek descent Russian people of Turkish descent People from Poltava Oblast Ukrainian poets Russian male poets Ukrainian dramatists and playwrights Russian dramatists and playwrights Russian male dramatists and playwrights Ukrainian satirists Russian satirists Members of the Russian Academy Russian people of Ukrainian descent Counts of the Russian Empire