Prince Anikita Ivanovich Repnin (russian: Аники́та Ива́нович Репни́н, tr. ; 1668 – 3 July 1726, in

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) was a prominent

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n general during the

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who superintended the taking of

in 1710 and served as the Governor of Livonia from 1719 until his death. Coming from the great

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family, Anikita was one of the collaborators of

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

, with whom he grew up. On the occasion of the Sophian insurrection of 1689, he carefully guarded Peter in the Troitsa monastery, and subsequently took part in the Azov expedition, during which he was raised to the grade of general. He took part in all the principal engagements of the

. Defeated by

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at Holowczyn, he was degraded to the ranks, but was pardoned as a reward for his valour at Lesnaya and recovered all his lost dignities. At

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he commanded the centre. From

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he was transferred to the

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and was made the first

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after its capture in 1710. In 1724 he succeeded the temporarily disgraced favorite, Menshikov, as war minister.

Catherine I Catherine I ( rus, Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, Yekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born , ; – ) was the second wife and empress consort of Peter the Great, and Empress Regnant of Russia from 1725 un ...

made him a

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Marriage and Children

He married twice and had 3 sons and one daughter, including *

Vasily Anikitovich Repnin Prince Vasily Anikitovich Repnin (Russian : Василий Аникитич Репнин; 1696–1748) was a Russian general. Life He was the son of prince Anikita Ivanovitch Repnin (1668-1726) and father of Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin (1734-180 ...

(1696–1748), commander in chief of the Russian Army during the War of the Austrian Succession.

Honours

* : Order of the White Eagle

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Repnin, Anikita Field marshals of Russia Rurikids 1668 births 1726 deaths Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)