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Nikolay Vasilyevich, prince Repnin
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Nikolay Vasilyevich, prince Repnin

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Born:
March 11 [March 22, New Style], 1734
Died:
May 12 [May 24], 1801, Moscow (aged 67)

Nikolay Vasilyevich, prince Repnin (born March 11 [March 22, New Style], 1734—died May 12 [May 24], 1801, Moscow) was a diplomat and military officer who served Catherine II the Great of Russia by greatly increasing Russia’s influence over Poland before that country was partitioned. He later distinguished himself in Russia’s wars against the Turks. The grandson of a noted general during the reign of Peter I the Great, Repnin entered the army and in 1762 was appointed ambassador to Berlin by Peter III. In November 1763 Catherine (who had overthrown Peter in mid-1762) transferred Repnin to Warsaw, where he tried ...(100 of 362 words)

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