Mikhail Nikolayevich, Count Muravyov

Mikhail Nikolayevich, Count Muravyov (born April 19 [April 7, old style], 1845, Grodno, Russia—died June 21 [June 8, old style], 1900, St. Petersburg) was a Russian diplomat and statesman who at the end of the 19th century directed Russia’s activities in the Far East and played a major role in developments leading to the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05). Muravyov was the grandson of Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov, known as the “hangman of Wilno” for...