Petr Ivanovich Panin
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Count Pyotr (Petr) Ivanovich Panin (Russian: Пётр Ива́нович Па́нин; 1721 – April 26, 1789) was a Russian soldier who later served as a general-in-chief in the Imperial Russian Army.[1]
Life
[edit]He was younger brother of Nikita Ivanovich Panin and the grand uncle of Alexander Kurakin.[2] He was also the father of Nikita Petrovich Panin.
He fought with distinction in the Seven Years' War and in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774.[3] He was also involved in capturing Bender on September 27, 1770. In 1773–1775, he participated in suppressing Pugachev's Rebellion.
He died in Moscow, as a senior general of the Russian Army.
Legacy
[edit]On August 29, 2010, in memory of the liberation of Bender from Turkish rule, a monument to Count Petr Ivanovich Panin was unveiled at the Main Gate of the Tighina (Bender, Bendery) Fortress.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Duffy, Christopher (2005-12-20). Military Experience in the Age of Reason. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-79458-3. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ^ Schönle, Andreas (2007). The Ruler in the Garden: Politics and Landscape Design in Imperial Russia. Peter Lang. p. 164. ISBN 978-3-03911-113-8. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ^ Cope, Kevin L. (2024-05-07). Howard Weinbrot and the Precincts of Enlightenment: The Genius of Every Place. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-61146-330-9. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ^ "Bust of General-in-chief P.I. Panin". Tourism PMR. 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
Sources
[edit]- Original text adapted from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition.
- . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
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