Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky[a] (Russian: Пётр Александрович Румянцев-Задунайский;[b] 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, and is widely considered to be one of Russia's greatest military leaders,[4][5] and one of the greatest military commanders in military history.[6][7] He is noted as one of the three best and most talented Russian military leaders of the time period, along with Alexander Suvorov and Grigory Potemkin.[8] 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.[9]
He governed Little Russia[10] 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.
^Vartichan & Andrunakievich (1982), p. 535
^Korobkov 1947, p. 5.
^Meerovich 1987, p. 8.
^Longworth, Philip (1966). The Art of Victory: The Life and Achievements of Field-Marshal Suvorov, 1729-1800 (1st ed.). Holt, Rinehart & Winston. p. 28.
^Шишов, Алексей (2008). 100 великих военачальников [100 Great Military Leaders] (in Russian). Вече. pp. 183–188. ISBN 978-5-9533-2594-3.
^Bodart 1908, p. 789.
^Волковский, Н. Л., ed. (2003). История русской армии: В 7 т. [History of the Russian Army: In 7 volumes. Volume 1: From the birth of Rus' to the War of 1812.] (in Russian). Vol. 1: От зарождения Руси до войны 1812 г. ООО «Издательство Полигон». pp. 326, 348. ISBN 5-89173-205-X.
^Волковский, Н. Л., ed. (2003). История русской армии: В 7 т. [History of the Russian Army: In 7 volumes. Volume 1: From the birth of Rus' to the War of 1812.] (in Russian). Vol. 1: От зарождения Руси до войны 1812 г. ООО «Издательство Полигон». pp. 298, 493. ISBN 5-89173-205-X.
^"РУМЯНЦЕВ-ЗАДУНАЙСКИЙ ПЁТР АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ • Great Russian Encyclopedia – Electronic version". old.bigenc.ru. 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Bezborodko, Aleksander Andreevich" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 840.
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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...
(1808–12). He was the son of Field Marshal PyotrRumyantsev-Zadunaisky from the Rumyantsev comital family. Rumyantsev and his brother were provided with basic...
the Belarusian 20-ruble bill. The two-storey palace of Field Marshal PyotrRumyantsev was built between 1777 and 1796 to a Neoclassical design attributed...
daughter Elizabeth recalled Rumyantsev to active service and made him a hereditary count as well as Governor of Kiev. Their son Pyotr Alexandrovich (1725–96)...
June 1762, 40,000 Russian troops assembled in Pomerania under General PyotrRumyantsev, preparing to face 27,000 Danish troops under the French general Count...
Russian force opposite them, the Russian commander, Field Marshal PyotrRumyantsev, deftly arranged his far smaller army in solid infantry squares and...
Assisted by highly successful generals such as Alexander Suvorov and PyotrRumyantsev, and admirals such as Samuel Greig and Fyodor Ushakov, she governed...
Hetmanate was incorporated as the Little Russia Governorate headed by PyotrRumyantsev, with the last remnants of the Hetmanate's administrative system abolished...
and Architecture. The obelisk commemorates the victories of Count PyotrRumyantsev during the Russo-Turkish War between 1768 and 1774, and his service...
in Bucharest, who proposed that they emigrate to Russia where Count PyotrRumyantsev would provide them with land all they need for a new beginning. On...
uncertain, while its first records date back to 1592. On the initiative of PyotrRumyantsev, the emblem was phased out and replaced by the Russian double-headed...
Aleksandrovna Rumyantseva was born into the noble Rumyantsev family. She was the sister of Marshal Count PyotrRumyantsev and married to Count James Bruce, governor...
Качановка; Kachanovka) is one of the many country estates built by PyotrRumyantsev, Catherine II's viceroy of Little Russia. It stands on the bank of...
Army at the start of World War I, then commanded the Caucasus front PyotrRumyantsev-Zadunaysky, hero of the Seven Years' War, won the battles of Larga...
experience of Saltykov's military art was adopted and developed by Pyotr A. Rumyantsev, who served in his troops. Saltykov was born in Russia in the village...
song of Russian soldiers about Alexander Suvorov, PyotrRumyantsev, and Grigory Potemkin: Count Rumyantsev-general Lost a lot of strength. Thief Potemkin-general...
Kutuzov, now a major, joined the army of the soon-to-be-famous Count PyotrRumyantsev in the south to fight against the Turks. Though Kutuzov served valiantly...
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