Nikita Panin

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Panin.
Nikita Panin
Panin by Alexander Roslin, 1777
Born29 September 1718
Gdansk, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Died11 April 1783(1783-04-11) (aged 64)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Buried
Saint Petersburg, Russia
AllegianceRussian Empire
Years of service1740

Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin (Russian: Никита Иванович Панин; September 29 [O.S. September 18] 1718 – April 11 [O.S. March 31] 1783) was an influential Russian statesman and political mentor to Catherine the Great for the first 18 years of her reign (1762–1780). In that role, he advocated the Northern Alliance, closer ties with Frederick the Great of Prussia and the establishment of an advisory privy council. His staunch opposition to the Partitions of Poland led to his being replaced by the more compliant Prince Alexander Bezborodko. Catherine appointed many men to the Senate who were related to Panin's powerful family.[1][2]

  1. ^ John P. LeDonne, "Appointments to the Russian Senate, 1762-1769" Cahiers du Monde Russe et Sovietique (1975) 16#1 pp 27-56.
  2. ^ K. D. Bugrov, "Nikita Panin and Catherine II: Conceptual aspect of political relations." RUDN Journal of Russian History 4 (2010): 38-52.