Bronislav Grombchevsky, , , (1855–1926) was an ethnic Polish

Poles

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 officer

Officer (armed forces)

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 in the Imperial Russian Army

Imperial Russian Army

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 and an explorer famous for his participation in the The Great Game

The Great Game

The Great Game or Tournament of Shadows in Russia, were terms for the strategic rivalry and conflict between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia. The classic Great Game period is generally regarded as running approximately from the Russo-Persian Treaty of 1813...

.

Grombchevsky traveled extensively in the Far East

Far East

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 and Central Asia

Central Asia

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 during the period 1888-1892. He is regarded as the Russian counterpart to the British military-explorer Francis Younghusband

Francis Younghusband

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, KCSI, KCIE was a British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer...

. The two Great Game rivals famously met in 1889 when they were exploring the Raskam Valley for their respective governments.

Sources

• 1911 Edition, Encyclopedia Britannica
• Peter Hopkirk. The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia, Kodansha International, 1992, ISBN 4-7700-1703-0, 565p.