Jan Prosper Witkiewicz Russian Explorer
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| Birthplace |
Pašiaušė, Lithuania-Vilnius Governorate, Russian Empire
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| Died |
8th May, 1839
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| Place of Death |
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
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| Nationality |
Russian
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| Occupation Text |
Orientalist, explorer and diplomat
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| Occupation |
Explorer
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Jan Prosper Witkiewicz (Lithuanian: Jonas Prosperas Vitkevičius; Russian: Ян Вѝкторович Виткѐвич, Yan Viktorovich Vitkevich) (June 24, 1808–May 8, 1839) was a Polish-Lithuanian orientalist, explorer and diplomat in the Russian service. He was the agent of Russia at Kabul just before the First Anglo-Afghan War. Surviving family accounts (supported by Polish literature) suggest that, most probably, he was a double agent who tried to provoke a major conflict between British and Russian Empire in Central Asia in order to weaken the latter decisively and thus give his native Poland and Lithuania a chance to regain sovereignty. Paternal uncle of Stanisław Witkiewicz.
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