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Pyotr Aleksandrovich Rumyantsev, Count Zadunaysky

Russian military officer
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Also known as: Pyotr Aleksandrovich Rumiantsev, Graf Zadunaysky, Pyotr Aleksandrovich Rumyantsev, Graf Zadunsky
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Rumyantsev also spelled:
Rumiantsev
Born:
Jan. 4 [Jan. 15, New Style], 1725, Moscow, Russia
Died:
Dec. 8 [Dec. 19], 1796, Tashan (aged 71)

Pyotr Aleksandrovich Rumyantsev, Count Zadunaysky (born Jan. 4 [Jan. 15, New Style], 1725, Moscow, Russia—died Dec. 8 [Dec. 19], 1796, Tashan) was a Russian army officer who distinguished himself in the Seven Years’ War (1756–63) against Prussia and in the Russo-Turkish War (1768–74). As governor-general of Ukraine (from November 1764), he was responsible for integrating the region more closely into Russia. In the Seven Years’ War, Rumyantsev helped to defeat the Prussians in the battles of Gross-Jägersdorf (Aug. 30, 1757) and Kundersdorf (Aug. 12, 1759) and captured the port city and fortress of Kolberg (Kolobrzeg) in Pomerania (Dec. 16, 1761). ...(100 of 141 words)

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