Pyotr

Pjotr (Пётр, DIN transliteration Pëtr ) is a Russian and Belarusian given name .

Origin and meaning

The name is the Russian and Belarusian form of Peter ; See there for details.

variants

• Piotr (Polish)

Well-known namesake

Ruler

• Pjotr ​​I Veliki, German Peter the Great (1672–1725), Russian tsar 1682–1725
• Pjotr ​​II Alexejewitsch, German Peter II. (1715–1730), Tsar 1727–1730
• Pjotr ​​III Fjodorowitsch, German Peter III. (1728–1762), Tsar 1762
• see also list of rulers named Peter

First name

• Pyotr Alexandrowitsch Klimow (* 1970), Russian composer and poet
• Pyotr Alexandrowitsch Rumjanzew-Sadunaiski (1725–1796), Field Marshal of the Russian Army
• Pyotr Alexejewitsch Bessonow (1828–1898), Russian historian
• Pyotr Alexejewitsch Kropotkin (1842–1921), Russian anarchist, geographer and writer
• Pyotr Andreevich Abrassimow (1912–2009), Ambassador of the USSR to the GDR
• Pyotr Andrejewitsch Vjasemski (1792–1878), Russian writer
• Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin (1862-1911), Russian statesman
• Pyotr Arsenjewitsch Romanowski (1892–1964), Russian chess master
• Pyotr Demjanowitsch Uspenski (1878–1947), Russian esoteric writer who later worked in England
• Pyotr Grigoryevich Bolotnikov (1930-2013), Soviet athlete
• Pyotr Grigoryevich Kachowski (1797 / 99–1826), Russian officer and revolutionary
• Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (* 1942), Soviet cosmonaut of Belarusian nationality
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer
• Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration (1765–1812), Russian general of Georgian nationality
• Pyotr Ivanovich Kafarow (1817–1878), Russian archimandrite and sinologist
• Pyotr Konstantinowitsch Leschtschenko (1898–1954), Soviet chanson singer
• Pyotr Leonidowitsch Kapiza (1894–1984), Russian physicist
• Pyotr Matwejewitsch Apraxin (1659–1728), Lieutenant General in the Russian Army
• Pyotr Michailowitsch Stefanowski (1903–1976), Soviet test pilot and major general
• Pyotr Nikolajewitsch Krasnow (1869–1947), Lieutenant General in the Tsarist Army at the time of the October Revolution of 1917
• Pyotr Nikolajewitsch Lebedew (1866–1912), Russian physicist
• Pyotr Nikolajewitsch Nesterow (1887–1914), Russian pilot and aircraft designer
• Pyotr Nikolajewitsch Wrangel (1878–1928), Russian general during the Russian Civil War
• Pyotr Pavlovich Jerschow (1815–1869), Russian writer
• Pyotr Petrovich Sokalsky (1832–1887), Russian composer and musicologist
• Pyotr Romanowitsch Bagration (1818–1876), Russian general and governor of Tver
• Pyotr Semjonowitsch Saltykow (1700–1773), Russian field marshal
• Pyotr Semjonowitsch Wannowski (1822–1904), Russian officer and statesman
• Pyotr Weniaminowitsch Swidler (* 1976), Russian chess player

Place name

• Saint Petersburg (Piter, short version)