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]
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.
