Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky

Count Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Муравьёв-Аму́рский; 23 August [O.S. 11 August] 1809 – 30 November [O.S. 18 November] 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.