Nikolay Muraviev

Nikolay Valerianovich Muraviev (1850-1908) (anglized Nicholas V. Muravev) was an Imperial Russian Politician. Nephew of the famed Count Muraviev-Amursky, explorer and Goveror General of the Russian Far East. Graduate of both the University of Saint Petersburg and the University of Moscow. Early in his career he was a noted lecturer on criminal law at the University of Moscow and served in various positions within the judiciary. He came to prominence after successfully prosecuting the assasins of Emperor Alexander II.

In 1892 he was appointed Imperial Secretary. He served as Minister of Justice from 1894 to early 1905. He was appointed Ambassador to Italy in 1905 in which he served until his death in 1908.

References

• Out of My Past: The Memoirs of Count Kokovtsov Edited by H.H. Fisher and translated by Laura Matveev; Stanford University Press, 1935.

• The Memoirs of Count Witte Edited and translated by Sydney Harcave; Sharpe Press, 1990.