Famous People with Name Pyotr

Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk: was a Soviet cosmonaut who made three flights into space. Kliumuk attended the Leninski Komsomol Chernigov High Aviation School and entered the Soviet Air Force in 1964. The following year, he was selected to join the space programme.

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. While not part of the nationalistic music group known as "The Five", Tchaikovsky wrote music which was distinctly Russian: plangent, introspective, with modally-inflected melody and harmony

Pyotr Ivanovich Kafarov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Ivanovich Kafarov: was an early Russian sinologist. Kafarov was born in the familly of Orthodox priest. He studied in Kazan seminary and Sankt-Petersbourg Academy, from which was directed to the Russian Orthodox Mission in China.

Pyotr Konchalovsky            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Konchalovsky: was a Russian painter, a member of Jack of Diamonds group. Pyotr Konchalovsky was born in the village of Slavianka, Kharkov gubernia (currently Ukraine) on February 21, 1876. His father was an art publisher.

Pyotr Kozmitch Frolov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Kozmitch Frolov: was a Russian mining engineer and inventor who, in 1809, built the first horse-railway in Russia. He elaborated on various canal projects and other artificial water constructions. Frolov also contributed to the development of scientific research and to th