Pyotr Petrovich Pertsov was a Russian poet, publisher, editor, literary critic, journalist and memoirist associated with the Russian Symbolist movement.
Pyotr Nikolayevich Petrov was a Russian writer, arts historian and critic, genealogist, bibliographer, an honourable member of the Imperial Academy of Arts and a member of the Russian Archeological Society.
Pyotr Alexandrovich Pletnyov was a minor Russian poet and literary critic, who rose to become the dean of the Saint Petersburg University (1840–61) and academician of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1841).
Pyotr Ivanovich Podgorodetsky is a Russian musician and showman. He was the keyboardist of the rock band Mashina Vremeni in 1979-1982 and 1990-1999, respectively. He also worked in the group Voskreseniye and led a program on television and radio. At the present time, he leader of the group X.O.
Pyotr Nikolayevich Polevoy was a Russian writer, playwright, translator, critic, editor and literary historian. The prominent journalist and editor Nikolai Polevoy was his father.
Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky was one of the foremost Russian generals of the 18th century. He was also one of the best military commanders in universal history between 1618 and 1905. He governed Little Russia in the name of Empress Catherine the Great from the abolition of the Cossack Hetmanate in 1764 until Catherine's death 32 years later. Monuments to his victories include the Kagul Obelisk in Tsarskoye Selo (1772), the Rumyantsev Obelisk on Vasilievsky Island (1798–1801), and a galaxy of Derzhavin's odes.
Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov or Semenov was a Russian geographer and statistician who managed the Russian Geographical Society for more than 40 years. He gained international fame for his pioneering exploration of the Tian Shan mountains. He changed his surname to "Semyonov of Tian Shan" at the age of 79.
Pyotr Karlovich Shchebalsky was a Russian literary critic and historian, author of comprehensive studies on the history of Russian literature, later editor of the Varshavsky Dnevnik magazine.
