Nikita Petrovich Panin

Nikita Panin at the Age of 18.

Count Nikita Petrovich Panin (Russian: Ники́та Петро́вич Па́нин) (1770 - 1837), a Russian diplomat, vice-chancellor, State Chancellor 6 Oct 1799 - 18 Nov 1800 (acting) and Foreign Minister of Russia. He was a nephew of Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin, son of Petr Ivanovich Panin, son-in-law of Count Vladimir Orlov^{[disambiguation needed ]}. Nikita P. Panin plotted the assassination of Paul I of Russia together with Count Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen and the Russo-Neapolitan Admiral José de Ribas. Ribas died before the assassination, which was actually carried out on March 23 [O.S. 11 March] 1801 by a band of dismissed officers headed by General Bennigsen, a Hanoverian in the Russian service, and General Yashvil, a Georgian. The assassination brought Alexander I of Russia to the throne.

Further reading

• (Russian) Materials for the biography of Count Nikita Petrovich Panin. (1892) (Материалы для жизнеописания графа Никиты Петровича Панина) at Runivers.ru in DjVu and PDF formats

Preceded by Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey (acting)

Imperial Chancellor of Russia (acting) 1799 — 1800

Succeeded by Stepan Alekseyevich Kolychev (acting)

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Name	Panin, Nikita Petrovich
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Date of birth	1770
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Date of death	1837
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