2024Serbia - Russia - 185 Years Since the Birth of Colonel Nikolay Raevsky - Set

One of the most striking figures in the long history of Serbian and Russian friendship, Colonel Nikolay Nikolayevich Raevsky (Russian: Николай Николаевич Раевский, November 17, 1839 – September 2, 1876 according to the Gregorian calendar) was born in Russia, in the Crimea in an aristocratic military family. He was the grandson of the celebrated general Nikolay Raevsky, the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon. His father, who was also called Nikolay Nikolayevich, was a lieutenant general, commander of the Black Sea Coastal Line, founder of the city of Novorossiysk, the largest seaport on the Black Sea, and the closest friend of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.