Famous People with Name Pyotr

Pyotr Aleksandrovich Nemov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Aleksandrovich Nemov: a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast.

Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky: 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 Kagul Obelisk in Tsarskoe Selo (1772), Rumyantsev Obelisk on Basil Island (1798-1801), and a galaxy of Derzhavin's odes.

Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration: served as a Russian general. He was an ethnic Georgian and descendant of the Georgian royal family of the Bagrations.He was born in 1765, in Kizlyar (Dagestan, Northern Caucasus). His father was a Georgian prince, Colonel Ivane Bagrationi. His brother Roman (Revaz) Bagrationi was also a general of the Russian army.

Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov: was a Russian mathematician who was born in Moscow, Russia and died in Moscow, Russia.He is known for his work on combinatorial problems in group theory: the word problem for groups, and the Burnside problem.

Pyotr Patrushev            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Pyotr Patrushev: a Russian author who escaped a death sentence by swimming from Russia to Turkey across the Black Sea border in 1962.A competitive swimmer in Russia, Patrushev became a broadcaster, journalist, conference interpreter and translator in the West, working for the BBC in London and later for the Radio Liberty in Munich and San Francisco, as well as writing for Australian newspapers, radio and television. He has worked as a Senior Consultant, CIS and Eastern Europe for (Chatswood-based) Conflict Resolution Network. As a top level Russian translator and interpreter he is a member of AIIC, the International Association of Conference Interpreters and the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters. He interpreted for Russian and Australian Heads of State (Vladimir Putin, John Howard), Prime Ministers, Members of the Cabinet, etc.