Process of becoming a political personality: experience of German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

The proposed article is an attempt to reveal the process of formation of an outstanding politician, the creator of the Second Empire in Germany, the greatest statesman Otto von Bismarck. The task of the study was to analyze the legal, political and psychological factors that influenced this. In their conclusions, the authors relied on collections of Bismarck’s letters, on his parliamentary, political speeches and other documents, as well as on their own interpretation of those distant events. Although the historical subtext of our research is obvious, the proposed material is also of interest to modern politicians. © 2021, Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk, Institut Istorii (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of General Hist). All rights reserved.