Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky (also spelled as Nikolai Nikolaevich Muraviev-Amurskiy; Russian: - ; 23 August [O.S. 11 August] 1809 30 November [O.S. 18 November] 1881) 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. Petersburg. He graduated from the Page Corps in 1827. He participated in the Siege of Varna in the Russo-Turkish War in 1828 1829, 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 father''s estate. However, he returned to active duty in 1838, as General Golovin''s aide-de-camp, to serve in the Caucasus region. During one of the campaigns against the mountain people Muravyov was wounded.