Baron Peter von Meyendorff (
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
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: Пётр Казимирович Мейендорф, born 2 August 1796 in
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
, died 7 March 1863 in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
) was a Russian diplomat from the
Meyendorff family.
From 1850 to 1854, he was Russian ambassador to Austria.
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1796 births
1863 deaths
Diplomats from Riga
People from the Governorate of Livonia
Baltic-German people
Russian nobility
Members of the State Council (Russian Empire)
Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to Prussia
Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to Austria
19th-century people from the Russian Empire
Honorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
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