Petr Ivanovich Panin

General Count Petr Ivanovich Panin (Russian: Пётр Ива́нович Па́нин) (1721 April 15, 1789), younger brother of Nikita Ivanovich Panin, fought with distinction in the Seven Years' War and in the Russo-Turkish War of 17681774, capturing Bender on September 26, 1770. In 17731775, he participated in suppressing Pugachev's rebellion. He died in Moscow, as the senior General of the Russian Army. He is the father of Nikita Petrovich Panin.

Petr Ivanovich Panin by Ivan Vishnyakov, 1742

Original text adapted from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition.



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