Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Yaƙin Russo-Turkish na biyu, Rumyantsev ya yi zargin Potemkin da gangan ya rage kayan aikin sojojinsa kuma a halin yanzu ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa. A cikin yakin Poland na 1794
ya sake lashe mukamin babban kwamandan, amma abokin hamayyarsa Suvorov a zahiri ya jagoranci sojojin zuwa yaƙi. A wannan lokacin Rumyantsev bai damu ba har ma ya bar gidansa na Ukrainian a Tashan wanda ya sake gina shi a cikin kagara. Ya mutu a can a ranar 19 ga Disamba, 1796, sama da wata guda bayan mutuwar Catherine, kuma an binne shi a Kiev Pechersk Lavra.