Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika

Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika
2nd Russian ambassador to the United States
In office 1817 (1817) – 24 April 1822 (1822-04-24)
Monarch	Alexander I
Preceded by	Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov
Succeeded by	Diederik Tuyll van Serooskerken
Personal details
Born	(1778-08-15)15 August 1778 Vasylkiv, Kiev Governorate
Died	26 January 1849(1849-01-26) (aged 70) St. Petersburg, Russia
Resting place	Volkovo Cemetery

Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika (Russian: Пётр Иванович Полетика; 15 August 1778 – 26 January 1849) was the second Russian ambassador to the United States.

Biography

Poletika was born in 1778 and enjoyed an aristocratic education. He served in various diplomatic posts and was a senator. From 1817 to 1822, he was the Russian ambassador to the United States.

He died in 1849, and his memoirs were published posthumously in 1885.

References

Sources

• Schiemann, T. (1900). Geschichte Russlands unter Kaiser Nikolaus I. (in German). Berlin: G. Reimer. OCLC 24224562. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)