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Pyotr Rumyantsev

1725 - 1796

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Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky (Russian: Пётр Александрович Румянцев-Задунайский; 15 January [O.S. 4 January] 1725 – 19 December [O.S. 8 December] 1796) was one of the foremost Russian military commanders of the 18th century, widely considered to be one of Russia's greatest military leaders and is referred to as one of the greatest commanders in military history. As a commander, he is placed on par with Alexander Suvorov. Rumyantsev used mobile divisional squares for the first time in history as opposed to linear battle orders and initiated the formation of light (jaeger) battalions in the Russian Army, which operated in a scattered order. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pyotr Rumyantsev is the 6,311th most popular politician (up from 6,419th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Moldova (down from 9th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Moldovan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pyotr Rumyantsev ranks 6,311 out of 19,576Before him are Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, Pauline Therese of Württemberg, Zhang Xianzhong, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Zhong Kang, and Wolfram Sievers. After him are Wolfgang Schüssel, Hethum II, King of Armenia, Bo Xilai, Christian Schmidt, Mirwais Hotak, and Witteric.

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Among people born in 1725, Pyotr Rumyantsev ranks 11Before him are Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Ahilyabai Holkar, Suzuki Harunobu, Ludovico Manin, and Henry Benedict Stuart. After him are Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, John Newton, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and Franz Moritz von Lacy. Among people deceased in 1796, Pyotr Rumyantsev ranks 10Before him are Robert Burns, Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, James Macpherson, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, and Samuel Huntington. After him are Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Johann Daniel Titius, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Shahrokh Shah, and Franz Anton Maulbertsch.

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In Moldova

Among people born in Moldova, Pyotr Rumyantsev ranks 10 out of 107Before him are Emil Constantinescu (1939), Vladimir Voronin (1941), Maia Sandu (1972), Mircea Snegur (1941), Boris Kolker (1939), and Eugen Doga (1937). After him are Avigdor Lieberman (1958), Kira Muratova (1934), Mikhail Larionov (1881), Petru Lucinschi (1940), Iona Yakir (1896), and Maria Cebotari (1910).

Among POLITICIANS In Moldova

Among politicians born in Moldova, Pyotr Rumyantsev ranks 6Before him are Nicolae Timofti (1948), Emil Constantinescu (1939), Vladimir Voronin (1941), Maia Sandu (1972), and Mircea Snegur (1941). After him are Avigdor Lieberman (1958), Petru Lucinschi (1940), Vladimir Purishkevich (1870), Meir Dizengoff (1861), Mihai Ghimpu (1951), and Anatoliy Kinakh (1954).