Bishop Iakinf (Bichurin) was the head of the ninth mission (1807-1821). Also known as Hyacinthe Bitchourin in Sinological academic circles.
Portrait [Engraving] (1830s)
from Notes on Mongolia, 1828
Portrait of Archimandrite Ioakinf (N.Ya. Bichurin), chief of the 9th mission, in Chinese dress from archive of A. S. Ipatova
Stay in China
House of prince A.N. Olenina St. Petersburg.
St Petersburg. Tomb of Archim. Iiakinf at Lazarev's Cemetery, Alexander Nevsky Lavra