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Pyotr Rumyantsev
Count
Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky
(15 January 1725 – 19 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
Kagul Obelisk
in
Tsarskoe Selo
(1772), on
Basil Island
(1798–1801), and a galaxy of
Derzhavin
's odes.
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