Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika
{{short description|Russian ambassador}}
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{{Infobox office holder
| name = Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika
| image = file:Poletika-pi.jpg
| office = 2nd Russian ambassador to the United States
| term_start = {{start date|1817|||df=y}}
| term_end = {{end date|1822|04|24|df=y}}
| monarch = Alexander I
| predecessor = Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov
| successor = {{nowr|Diederik Tuyll van Serooskerken}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1778|08|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vasylkiv, Kiev Governorate
| death_date = {{death date and age|1849|01|26|1778|08|15|df=y}}
| death_place = St. Petersburg, Russia
| resting_place = Volkovo Cemetery
}}
Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika ({{langx|ru|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.
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.{{citation|first=Veresaev|last=Vincent|year=2018|title=Спутники Пушкина. Том 1|publisher=Рипол Классик|page=146|quote=ПЕТР ИВАНОВИЧ ПОЛЕТИКА (1778–1849) Сын врача из обрусевших польских шляхтичей и пленной турчанки.|isbn=9785386108564}}{{citation|first=|last=|year=|title=Петр Иванович Полетика: 15.08.1778 - 26.01.1849|url=http://www.rusdiplomats.narod.ru/poletika-pi.html|publisher=RusDiplomats|quote=Сын надворного советника Ивана Андреевича Полетики (ок. 1726-1783), врача при карантинной заставе, и турчанки Фатимы, захваченной русскими в плен при взятии Очакова.|accessdate=11 April 2021}}
He served in various diplomatic posts and was a senator. 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.{{sfn|Schiemann|1900}}
See also
References
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- {{cite book|last = Schiemann|first = T.|date = 1900|title = Geschichte Russlands unter Kaiser Nikolaus I.|url = http://archive.org/details/geschichterussl01schigoog|language = de|location = Berlin|publisher = G. Reimer|oclc = 24224562}}
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