Pyotr Kapnist

{{Short description|Russian diplomat}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Pyotr Alekseyevich Kapnist

| honorific-suffix =

| image = P.A.Kapnist.jpg

| alt =

| order =

| ambassador_from = Russia

| country = Austria

| term_start = 1895

| term_end = 1904

| predecessor = Aleksey Borisovich Lobanov-Rostovsky

| successor = Lev Pavlovich Urusov

| birth_date = 7 September 1839

| birth_place =

| death_date = 2 December 1904 (aged 65)

| death_place =

| nationality = Russian

}}

Count Pyotr Alekseyevich Kapnist (Russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Капни́ст; 7 September 1839 – 2 December 1904) was a Russian diplomat and ambassador.{{cite web|url=http://www.rusdiplomats.narod.ru/ambassadors/kapnist-pa.html|script-title=ru:Пётр Алексеевич Капнист|language=Russian|accessdate=2 April 2012|work=Алфавитный указатель дипломатов|archivedate=28 October 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028213723/http://www.rusdiplomats.narod.ru/ambassadors/kapnist-pa.html}} In late 1884 and early 1885 he participated as the Russian representative in the Berlin Conference. From 1895 to 1904, he was Russian ambassador to Austria-Hungary.{{cite web|url=http://rus.rusemb.at/botschaft/diebotschafter/|script-title=ru:Послы России в Австрии|publisher=Embassy of Russia in Vienna|accessdate=22 October 2013|language=Russian|archivedate=16 February 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216045850/http://rus.rusemb.at/botschaft/diebotschafter/}}