Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika
Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika was the second Russian ambassador to the United States.Biography
Poletika was born in 1778 and enjoyed an aristocratic education. 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.Footnotes
