Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Count Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky (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. == Early life and career == Nikolay Muravyov was born in Saint Petersburg and graduated from the Page Corps in 1827.