caption death_date death_place work_institution birth_place image_size ethnicity nationality birth_date prizes image article_title name occupation alma_mater
bronislav grombchevsky 31 july 1926 warsaw russian geographic society kaunatava , russian empire 180px polish russian 15 january 1855 gold and silver stars of russian geographic society bronislaw grabczewski.jpg bronislav grombchevsky
 bronislav grombchevsky russian army officer , explorer saint petersburg mining institute
bronislav grombchevsky

bronislav grombchevsky -lrb- ; , 1855 -- 1926 -rrb- was an ethnic polish officer in the imperial russian army and an explorer/spy , famed for his participation in the the great game .
grombchevsky traveled extensively in the far east and central asia during the period 1888-1892 .
he is regarded as the russian counterpart to the british military-explorer francis younghusband .
the two great game rivals famously met in 1889 when they were exploring the raskam valley for their respective governments .
his name also appears in english as `` gromtchevsky '' and `` gromchevsky . ''
