Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika (russian: Пётр Иванович Полетика; 15 August 1778 – 26 January 1849, occasionally referred to in the West as Pierre de Poletica) was the second
Russian ambassador to the United States
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States of America is the official representative of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President of ...
.
Biography
Poletika was born in 1778 and enjoyed an aristocratic education. His father Ivan Poletika (1722—1783) was a medical scientist. His mother was of
Turkish origin.
He served in various diplomatic posts and was a
senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
. 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.
See also
*
Russo-American Treaty of 1824
The Russo-American Treaty of 1824 (also known as the Convention of 1824) was signed in St. Petersburg between representatives of Russia and the United States on April 17, 1824, ratified by both nations on January 11, 1825 and went into effect on J ...
References
Footnotes
Sources
*
1778 births
1849 deaths
Ambassadors of Russia to the United States
Russian people of Turkish descent
Russian nobility
{{russia-diplomat-stub