Muravyov-Amursky retired from his post of governor general in 1861 after his proposal to divide Eastern Siberia into two separate governorates general was declined.
Murawjow-Amurski trat 1861 vom Posten des Generalgouverneurs zurück, nachdem sein Vorschlag, Ostsibirien in zwei separate Generalgouvernements zu teilen, abgelehnt worden war.