Nikolay Valerianovich Muraviev or Muravyov () (1850–1908) (anglicized Nicholas V. Muravev) was a

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politician, nephew of the famed Count

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, explorer and Governor General of the Russian Far East. Muraviev was a graduate of both the

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and the

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. 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 assassins 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 and served until his death in 1908. He was married to Katharina Vasilyevna Slepzowa (1862-1929), who secondly married the German industrialist Prince

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. (Source: Materialy dlya Istorii Dvoryanskikh Rodov Martynovykh i Sleptsovykh, by A. N. Nartsov. Tambov, 1904)

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Muraviev, Nikolay Valerianovich 1850 births 1918 deaths Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to Italy Monarchists from the Russian Empire Justice ministers of the Russian Empire Members of the State Council (Russian Empire)