Pyotr Rumyantsev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pyotr Rumyantsev

Field Marshal of Russia

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1725

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1796

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky (Russian: ???? ??????´??????? ????´????-???????????; 15 January [O.S.
4 January] 1725 – 19 December [O.S.
8 December] 1796) was one of the foremost Russian generals of the 18th century.
He governed Little Russia in the name of Empress Catherine the Great from the abolition of the Cossack Hetmanate in 1764 until Catherine's death 32 years later.
Monuments to his victories include the Kagul Obelisk in Tsarskoye Selo (1772), the Rumyantsev Obelisk on Vasilievsky Island (1798–1801), and a galaxy of Derzhavin's odes.