Pyotr Semyonovich Saltykov
Count Pyotr Saltykov ( Russian Пётр Семёнович Салтыков , scientific. Transliteration Pëtr Semenovic Saltykov ; born December 11 . Jul / 21 December 1698 greg. , According to other sources in 1697 or 1700 in Kogajewo ; † December 26, 1772 jul. / 6th January 1773 greg. In Marfino ) was a Russian field marshal .
Life
Saltykov was sent to France by Peter I in 1714 to study naval science . In 1729 he bought the Marfino estate. In 1731 he married the princess Praskowja Jurjewna Trubezkaja (1704-1767), sister of the general procurator Nikita Jurjewitsch Trubezkoi .
Under Anna Ivanovna's government , Saltykov became major general . In 1733 he and his father received the title of count. In 1734 he was involved in the War of the Polish Succession and in 1742 in the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) .
In the Seven Years' War he had been in command of the Russian army since 1759 . On July 23, 1759 he defeated the Prussian General Wedel in the battle of Kay and on August 12 , after he had united his troops with those of the Austrian General Laudon , in the battle of Kunersdorf King Friedrich II himself. For this, with the rank of field marshal rewarded, he later became Governor General of Moscow (1764–1771).
Web links
- Saltykov's message about the battle of Kunersdorf for Jelisaveta Petrovna
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Chronos: Петр Семенович Салтыков (accessed October 30, 2017).
- ↑ a b c Салтыков, граф Петр Семенович . In: Русский биографический словарь . tape 18 , 1904, pp. 105-117 .
- ↑ a b Салтыков (граф Петр Семенович) . In: Brockhaus-Efron . 28a, 1900, p. 157 .
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| SURNAME | Saltykov, Pyotr Semenovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saltykov, Pëtr Semënovič; Soltykow, Petr Semenowitsch; Салтыков, Пётр Семёнович |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian field marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1697 or December 21, 1698 or 1700 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kogajewo |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1773 |
| Place of death | Marfino |