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 1768–1774, capturing Bender on September 26, 1770. In 1773–1775, 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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