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Ivan Lavrovich Iavorskii (1853–circa 1920) was a Russian physician who in 1878–79 accompanied an imperial Russian embassy to Afghanistan, the goal of which was to establish a Russian ambassador in the court of Afghan ruler Sher Ali Khan (1825–79, reigned 1863–66 and 1868–79) with the aim of extending Russian control over the foreign policy of Afghanistan. The success of the mission was the spark that kindled the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878–80. Led by General Nikolai Stoletov (1834–1912), the mission left Tashkent on ...