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Nikolay Nikolayevich Amursky, Graf Muravyov

Russian statesman and explorer
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Muravyov also spelled:
Muraviev
Born:
Aug. 11 [Aug. 23, New Style], 1809, St. Petersburg, Russia
Died:
Nov. 18 [Nov. 30], 1881, Paris, France (aged 72)

Nikolay Nikolayevich Amursky, Graf Muravyov (born Aug. 11 [Aug. 23, New Style], 1809, St. Petersburg, Russia—died Nov. 18 [Nov. 30], 1881, Paris, France) was a Russian statesman and explorer whose efforts led to the expansion of the Russian Empire to the Pacific. In 1860 he planted the Russian flag at what was to become the port of Vladivostok. A lieutenant general in the Russian army, Muravyov was appointed governor-general of eastern Siberia in 1847. Despite the opposition of many in the tsarist government who feared the reaction of the Chinese, he vigorously pursued the exploration and settlement of Siberia north ...(100 of 184 words)

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