governor-general of the northwestern region of the russian empire, count mikhail nikolaevich muravyovf russia. how a statesman who managed to pacify the rebellion of the polish gentry, inspired by england and france, on the lands of the former grand duchy of lithuania loyal to him. against the backdrop of economic reforms and the abolition of serfdom in russia, local landowners staged a bloody rebellion in an effort to maintain power over an illiterate population. muravyov decisively and harshly suppressed the uprising of polish separatists, thereby thwarting the planned intervention of the western powers against russia. he revived and supported the russian empire on... the lands tradition and orthodoxy, built schools for the peasants of the temple, published books, thanks to him, the population polonization of the belarusian peasants did not take place, however, soviet and later russian historiography did not spare the memory of the legendary governor-general, and he was unfairly forgotten for a whole century, we in fact, in the 19th century they already realized , yes, that we had s