Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev was a Russian statesman and diplomat who is best known for his policy of aggressive expansionism as the Russian ambassador to China and the Ottoman Empire. He was also the minister of the interior from 1881 to 1882, where he promoted ultraconservative and Slavic-nationalist policies.
- Occupation
- diplomat, politician
- Position held
- Representative of the Russian Empire to China, Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, member of the State Council of the Russian Empire, Ministry of State Property
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- January 17, 1832, January 17, 1832
