13 Facts About Bronislav Grombchevsky

Bronislav Grombchevsky is regarded as the Russian counterpart to the British military-explorer Francis Younghusband.

Bronislav Grombchevsky's name appears in English as "Gromtchevsky" and "Gromchevsky".

Bronislav Grombchevsky was born on 15 January 1855, in the family mansion in Kaunatava in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Therefore, his mother and other relatives moved to Warsaw, where Bronislav Grombchevsky entered a Russian classical school.

In 1873 Bronislav Grombchevsky entered the Saint Petersburg Mining Institute but left before completing his studies to join the Life Grenadier Regiment of the Imperial Russian Guard at Kexholm.

Bronislav Grombchevsky took leave to attend infantry school in Warsaw and returned to the regiment with the rank of Praporshchik.

In 1885, as a senior officer for special assignments in military governor of Fergana, Bronislav Grombchevsky led an expedition along the Chinese border in Kashgar and the border areas of the Tian Shan mountains.

Bronislav Grombchevsky then entered the astronomical faculty of St Petersburg University, where he received theoretical and practical skills in surveying, geodesy, and cartography, after which he returned to Turkestan.

Bronislav Grombchevsky explored the Raskem and Tohtakorum ranges and the Kirchinbulak river.

Bronislav Grombchevsky reached the foot of Chogori and the northern ridge of Agil-Karakorum.

Bronislav Grombchevsky then served as its governor and managed the Astrakhan Ataman of Astrakhan Cossack army.

Bronislav Grombchevsky represented the Russian "Red Cross" in Morocco during the war between Spain and France with local insurgents.

Bronislav Grombchevsky died in Warsaw on 27 February 1926, at the age of 71 years.