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Nikolai Spathari

1636 - 1708

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Nikolai Spathari (Russian: Николай Гаврилович Спафарий, romanized: Nikolai Gavrilovich Spathari; 1636–1708), also known as Nicolae Milescu and Nicolae Milescu Spătaru (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e miˈlesku spəˈtaru], first name also Neculai, signing in Latin as Nicolaus Spadarius Moldavo-Laco, Russian: Николае Гаврилович Милеску, romanized: Nikolaye Gavrilovich Milesku), or Spătarul Milescu-Cârnu (trans.: "Chancellor Milescu the Snub-nosed"), was a Moldavian-born writer, diplomat and traveler, who lived and worked in the Tsardom of Russia. He spoke nine languages: Romanian, Russian, Latin, both Attic and Modern Greek, French, German, Turkish and Swedish. One of his grandsons was the Spătar (Chancellor) Yuri Stefanovich, who came to Russia in 1711 with Dimitrie Cantemir. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolai Spathari is the 313th most popular explorer (down from 276th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Romania (down from 217th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Nikolai Spathari ranks 313 out of 498. Before him are Jacques Labillardière, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Jens Munk, Nicolas Baudin, Wilfred Thesiger, and Masabumi Hosono. After him are Isidore of Charax, Louis Jolliet, Snorri Thorfinnsson, John C. Frémont, Peter Freuchen, and Eduard von Toll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Nikolai Spathari ranks 11. Before him are Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Adriaen van de Velde, Laura Mancini, Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, and Edward Colston. After him are Libéral Bruant, Charles de La Fosse, Melchiorre Cafà, Justine Siegemund, Jan Chryzostom Pasek, and Gregório de Matos. Among people deceased in 1708, Nikolai Spathari ranks 18. Before him are Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Anne Jules de Noailles, Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. After him are François de Laval, Damaris Cudworth Masham, and David Gregory.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Nikolai Spathari ranks 250 out of 844. Before him are Anca Petrescu (1949), Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802), Nicolae Titulescu (1882), Titu Maiorescu (1840), Ivan Patzaichin (1949), and Elek Schwartz (1908). After him are Ágnes Esterházy (1891), Ion G. Duca (1879), Nicolae Ciucă (1967), Theodor Stolojan (1943), Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (1877), and Bertalan Székely (1835).

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Among EXPLORERS In Romania

Among explorers born in Romania, Nikolai Spathari ranks 2. Before him are Julius Popper (1857). After him are Florence Baker (1841), and Sámuel Teleki (1845).

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