About Nikita Petrovich Panin
Lived 1770 – 1837 (aged 66). Nikita Petrovich Panin was a Russian diplomat, military officer and politician.
Count Nikita Petrovich Panin (Russian: Граф Ники́та Петро́вич Па́нин; 17 April 1770 – 1 March 1837 ) was an Imperial Russian diplomat, vice-chancellor, and (acting) State Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Russia. He was a nephew of Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin, son of Petr Ivanovich Panin, son-in-law of Count .
Nikita P. Panin plotted the assassination of Paul I of Russia together with Count Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen and the Russo-Neapolitan Admiral José de Ribas. Ribas died before the assassination, which was actually carried out on 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1801 by a band of dismissed officers headed by General Bennigsen, a Hanoverian in the Russian service, and General Yashvil, a Georgian. The assassination brought Alexander I of Russia to the throne.
He died in 1837 and was buried in the Smolensk Estate in Dugino, Smolensk Oblast.
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Who was Nikita Petrovich Panin?
Russian diplomat
When was Nikita Petrovich Panin born?
Nikita Petrovich Panin was born on 17 April 1770 in Kharkiv.
When did Nikita Petrovich Panin die?
Nikita Petrovich Panin died on 1 March 1837 in Dugino.
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Nikita Petrovich Panin was a diplomat, military officer and politician.
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Nikita Petrovich Panin was Russian.
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