Biography Apraksin Peter Matveyevich
Apraxine Peter Matveyevich (1659 – 29.05 (09.06) .1728), Russian statesman, a close associate of Peter I, Count (1710).
Brother F. Apraksin and queen Martha – wife of Theodore Alekseevich (which played a decisive role in the career Apraksin.).
In 1702 – 1704 a series of defeats inflicted by the Swedish troops (on the river. Izhora, in the estuary. Narva). From 1705 the governor of Astrakhan, Kazan in 1708-13.
Signed an agreement with the transition Ayuka Kalmyks allegiance Russia (1708). Since 1717, Senator. In 1718, arrested in the case of the Tsarevich Alexei, but was acquitted, and participated in the Supreme Court of the Prince. From 1722 president of the Justice College.
Lit.: Letters and paper counts. Peter the Great, Vol 1 – 11. St. Petersburg, Moscow – Leningrad, 1887-1964: A collection of handwritten letters imp. Peter the Great to Apraksine, Parts 1-2, Moscow, 1811.