Matvei Gedenschtrom Life story
Matvei Matveyevich Gedenschtrom was a Russian explorer of Northern Siberia, writer, and public servant. Matvei Gedenschtrom was born in Riga, then part of the Russian Empire to Mathias Hedenström, a Swedish political refugee from Dalarna. Matvei Gedenschtrom himself was still a Swedish citizen in 1798.