Peter Zheltukhin () (1777,

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an ...

– 1829,

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

) was a Russian soldier, born to a noble family in

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. A career officer he server as a Colonel at the Battle of Borodino in the

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. During the

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of 1828-29 he was first made the military governor of Kiev, and in January 1829 he was appointed plenipotentiary president of the divans (assemblies) of

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and for ...

and

Valachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and so ...

under the provisions of the ''

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''. He did not win the favour of the Romanian elites, and resigned the office in September the same year. His older brother Sergei Fedorovich Zheltukhin was also a Russian general.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zheltukhin, Peter 1777 births 1829 deaths Military personnel from Kazan People from Kazansky Uyezd Russian nobility Governors-General of Kiev Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Third Degree