From his Siberian origin, and because he had passed his childhood in the Steppes, Michael Strogoff, it has been said, understood almost all the languages in usage from Tartary to the Sea of Ice.
Siberiarra sortzez eta haurtzaroa estepan igaroa, Mikel Strogoffek Tatariatik Izotz Ozeanora mintzatzen ziren ia hizkuntza guztiak ulertzen zituen, gorago esan bezala.