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Nikolay Nikolayevich Amursky, Graf Muravyov

Russian statesman and explorer
Also known as: Nikolay Nikolayevich Muraviev, Count Amursky
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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...

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