Baron Bernhard Karl von Köhne (; ''Boris Vasilievich Kene''; 1817 – 1887), director of the section for arms in the heraldic department of the Russian
senate
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, and well known numismatist in imperial
Russia
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. After falling out of favour with the scholarly circles in
St. Petersburg
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, he applied for Finnish citizenship in 1859, but it was not granted.
Academics from the Russian Empire
Heraldists from the Russian Empire
Numismatists from the Russian Empire
1817 births
1887 deaths
Privy Councillor (Russian Empire)
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