Count Pyotr Semyonovich Saltykov | |
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![]() Pyotr Saltykov by Pietro Rotari | |
Other name(s) | Petr Semenovich Saltykov |
Born | Tsardom of Russia | December 21, 1698
Died | January 6, 1773 Marfino, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire | (aged 74)
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Years of service | 1714–1772 |
Rank | General-feldmarshal |
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Known for | Senatorial position (from 1763) and at the same time general governorship (1764–71) in Moscow.[1] |
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Relations | House of Saltykov |
Count Pyotr Semyonovich Saltykov (Russian: Пётр Семёнович Салтыков, romanized: Pëtr Semënovič Saltykov;[a] 21 December 1698[b] – 6 January 1773[c]) was a Russian statesman and a military officer, promoted to the rank of Field marshal on 18 August 1759. Saltykov is one of the finest commanders in Russian history.[2] The experience of Saltykov's military art was adopted and developed by Pyotr A. Rumyantsev, who served in his troops.[1]
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