Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov

Mikhail Muravyov
Михаил Муравьёв
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1897–1900
MonarchNicholas II
Preceded byAlexei Lobanov-Rostovsky
Succeeded byVladimir Lamsdorf

Count Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov (Russian: Граф Михаи́л Никола́евич Муравьёв) (April 19 [O.S. April 7] 1845, Saint Petersburg June 21 [O.S. June 8] 1900) was a Russian statesman who advocated transferring the attention of Russian foreign policy from Europe to the Far East. He is probably best remembered for having initiated the Hague Peace Conference.