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Pyotr Rumyantsev
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Pyotr Rumyantsev was a Russian general and field marshal born on 4 January 1725 in Stroiești, Transnistria. His father was Alexander Rumyantsev and his mother was Maria Rumyantseva. He had a son, Nikolay Rumyantsev, and a sister, Praskovya Bruce. Rumyantsev held the rank of field marshal and participated in the Russo-Swedish War of 1741–1743. He received the Order of the White Eagle, Order of the Black Eagle, Order of St. Andrew, and Order of Saint Anna. He died on 8 December 1796 in Tashan from a stroke and was buried at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Catherine the Great
- Preceded by
- office revived (replacing the Hetman of Zaporizhian Host Kirill Razumovsky )
- Succeeded by
- office liquidated (himself as General Governor of Kiev, Chernigov, Novgorod-Seversky)
- Monarchs
- Catherine the Great (1782–1796) , Paul I (1796)
- Deputy
- Mikhail Krechetnikov (1791–1793) , Iosif Igelström (1793–1794)
- Born
- Pyotr Aleksandrovich Rumyantsev , ( 1725-01-15 ) 15 January 1725, Stroiești , Crown of the Kingdom of Poland or Moscow , Russian Empire
- Died
- 19 December 1796 (1796-12-19) (aged 71), Tashan, Pereyaslavsky Uyezd , Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
- Awards
- See § Honours
- Allegiance
- Russian Empire
- Branch service
- Imperial Russian Army
- Rank
- Field Marshal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pyotr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Stroiești (Transnistria)
- Place of death
- Tashan
- Father
- Alexander Rumyantsev
- Mother
- Maria Rumyantseva
- Sibling
- Praskovya Bruce
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Noble title
- count
- Conflict
- Russo-Swedish War of 1741-1743
- Military branch
- army
- Military rank
- general field marshal
- Image
- Rumjanzew-sadunaiski.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky
- date of birth
- 1725-01-04
- date of death
- 1796-12-08
- place of burial
- Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
- cause of death
- stroke
- ethnic group
- Russians
- name in native language
- Пётр Румянцев
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky (Russian: Пётр Алекса́ндрович Румя́нцев-Задуна́йский; 15 January [O.S. 4 January] 1725 – 19 December [O.S. 8 December] 1796) was one of the foremost Russian military commanders of the 18th century, widely considered to be one of Russia's greatest military leaders and is referred to as one of the greatest commanders in military history. As a commander, he is placed on par with Alexander Suvorov. Rumyantsev used mobile divisional squares for the first time in history as opposed to linear battle orders and initiated the formation of light (jaeger) battalions in the Russian Army, which operated in a scattered order.
He governed Little Russia in the name of Empress Catherine the Great from the abolition of the Cossack Hetmanate in 1764 until Catherine's death 32 years later. Monuments to his victories include the Kagul Obelisk in Tsarskoye Selo (1772), the Rumyantsev Obelisk on Vasilievsky Island (1798–1801), and a galaxy of Derzhavin's odes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pyotr Rumyantsev” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.