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CommunicationPublished on 18 January 2021

Alexandre Stryienski: a topographer in the vortex of continental politics

Seftigenstrasse 264 3084 Wabern — Alexandre Stryienski was born in 1804 in Białystok, Prussia, rebelled against Russian rule in Poland and surveyed Swiss landscapes from 1833. How did this remarkable life come about?

Portrait of Alexandre Stryienski at an advanced age.

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Infodesk history
Seftigenstrasse 264
3084 Wabern