From 14 October 1807 to 1 October 1808 he was the ambassador in Paris . His main objective was to observe the Treaty of Tilsit , and Tolstoy wrote to Alexander that all friendly assurances of Napoleon are mendacious , he entreated him not to believe them , but to prepare for the rebuff in advance , and predicted the forthcoming French invasion of Russia . He recommended to the Russian government a system of measures for the protection of the interests of Russia against possible aggression from Napoleon I : to greatly increase the size of the army , to move it to the Western borders , to conclude a secret agreement with Austria , to finish the war with Turkey and Sweden , to conclude peace with England and to organize a new anti-French coalition with Prussia and Austria . Because of his lack of diplomatic experience , however , his efforts were useless and after the Congress of Erfurt Tolstoy was recalled . However , Tolstoy nevertheless observed worsening in the relations between Aleksander and Napoleon
Congress of Erfurt
Congress of Erfurt
Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy