Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky

Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky (1863);
portrait by Konstantin Makovsky
Born(1809-08-23)August 23, 1809
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
DiedNovember 30, 1881(1881-11-30) (aged 72)
Paris, France
Buried
Paris, France (before 1992)
Vladivostok, Russia (after 1992)
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service / branchImperial Russian Army
Years of service1827–1861
RankGeneral of the Infantry
Battles / warsCaucasian War
Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)
November Uprising
Crimean War
AwardsOrder of St. George
Order of St. Vladimir

Count Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky (also spelled as Nikolai Nikolaevich Muraviev-Amurskiy; Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Муравьёв-Аму́рский; August 23 [O.S. August 11] 1809 – November 30 [O.S. November 18] 1881) was a Russian general, statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.

The surname Muravyov has also been transcribed as Muravyev or Murav'ev.[1]

  1. ^ E.g., in Paine, S. C. M. (1996), Imperial rivals: China, Russia, and their disputed frontier, M.E. Sharpe, ISBN 1-56324-724-0