Lorenz Lange
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Lorenz or Lorents Lange was a Swedish explorer and diplomat in Russian service. He was an official in 18th-century Siberia who dealt with Russo-Chinese trade and diplomacy. His reports were a major influence on Russian policy and an important early source of European knowledge of Siberia, Mongolia and China.
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Lorenz or Lorents Lange was a Swedish explorer and diplomat in Russian service. He was an official in 18th-century Siberia who dealt with Russo-Chinese trade and diplomacy. His reports were a major influence on Russian policy and an important early source of European knowledge of Siberia, Mongolia and China. He is usually said to have been a cornet in the Swedish cavalry who was taken prisoner at the Battle of Poltava in 1709.
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