Jan Prosper Vitkevich

Jan Prosper Vitkevich was a Russian spy who worked for the Imperial Russian Army. He was born in 1830 in Russia. Vitkevich was known for his work in Afghanistan and his role in the Great Game. He was a skilled linguist and cartographer, and his writings on the region were widely read. Vitkevich died in 1903 in Peshawar, Pakistan.