Petr Ivanovich Panin
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Count Pyotr (Petr) Ivanovich Panin (Template:Langx; 1721 – April 26, 1789) was a Russian soldier who later served as a general-in-chief in the Imperial Russian Army.<ref name="j783">Template:Cite book</ref>
Life
He was younger brother of Nikita Ivanovich Panin and the grand uncle of Alexander Kurakin.<ref name="o162">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name="y332">Template:Cite book</ref> 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
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.<ref name="o720">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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- Original text adapted from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition.
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- 1721 births
- 1789 deaths
- People from Kaluga Oblast
- Panin family
- Counts of the Russian Empire
- Senators of the Russian Empire
- Imperial Russian Army generals
- Russian military personnel of the Seven Years' War
- People of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
- Pugachev's Rebellion
- Recipients of the Order of St. Andrew
- Recipients of the Order of St. George of the First Degree
- Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery