Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen

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Peter Ludwig Graf von der Pahlen (Russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Па́лен, romanized: Pyotr Alekseyevich Palen; 28 July [O.S. 17 July] 1745 – 25 February [O.S. 13 February] 1826) was a Russian courtier and general of Baltic German stock, who played a pivotal role in the assassination of Emperor Paul I of Russia in 1801. He became a general in the Imperial Russian Army in 1798, a count in 1799, and served as Military Governor of Saint Petersburg from 1798 to 1801.

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