Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika

Russian ambassador

Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika


2nd Russian ambassador to the United States
In office 1817 (1817) – 24 April 1822 (1822-04-24)
Monarch	Alexander I
Preceded by	Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov
Succeeded by	Diederik Tuyll van Serooskerken

Personal details
Born	(1778-08-15)15 August 1778 Vasylkiv, Kiev Governorate
Died	26 January 1849(1849-01-26) (aged 70) St. Petersburg, Russia
Resting place	Volkovo Cemetery

Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika (Russian: 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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

References

Footnotes

^ Vincent, Veresaev (2018), Спутники Пушкина. Том 1, Рипол Классик, p. 146, ISBN 9785386108564, ПЕТР ИВАНОВИЧ ПОЛЕТИКА (1778–1849) Сын врача из обрусевших польских шляхтичей и пленной турчанки.
^ Петр Иванович Полетика: 15.08.1778 - 26.01.1849, RusDiplomats, retrieved 11 April 2021, Сын надворного советника Ивана Андреевича Полетики (ок. 1726-1783), врача при карантинной заставе, и турчанки Фатимы, захваченной русскими в плен при взятии Очакова.
^ Schiemann 1900.