Famous People with Name Pyotr

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa: innovative Soviet/Russian physicist and Nobel laureate, who made important discoveries in a number of different areas.

Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov: ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan V. Peter carried out a policy of Westernization and expansion that transformed the Tsardom of

Pyotr Borisovich Kozlovsky            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Borisovich Kozlovsky: was a Russian diplomat and a man of letters. A member of one of Russia's oldest families, Pyotr Borisovich Kozlovsky had a short career as a diplomat, was a writer and translator, but is known mainly for his contacts with the numerous literary figures wit

Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk: was a Soviet cosmonaut who made three flights into space. Kliumuk attended the Leninski Komsomol Chernigov High Aviation School and entered the Soviet Air Force in 1964. The following year, he was selected to join the space programme.

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. While not part of the nationalistic music group known as "The Five", Tchaikovsky wrote music which was distinctly Russian: plangent, introspective, with modally-inflected melody and harmony