Nikolay Muravyov Amursky

Nikolay Nikolayevich MuravyovAmursky was a Russian 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.

Nikolay Muravyov was born in St.160Petersburg. He graduated from the Page Corps in 1827. He participated in the Siege of Varna in the RussoTurkish War in 18281829, and later in suppression of the November Uprising in Poland in 1831. Due to health reasons, he retired from the military in 1833 and returned home to manage his fathers estate. However, he returned to active duty in 1838, as General Golovins aidedecamp, to serve in the Caucasus region. During one of the campaigns against the mountain people Muravyov was wounded.

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