Pyotr Yegorovich Chistyakov [SEP] date of death
Pyotr Yegorovich Chistyakov
Pyotr Yegorovich Chistyakov (, 1792 – 21 January 1862) was a Russian explorer, chief manager of the Russian-American Company and admiral.
Chistyakov joined the Sea Cadet Corps in 1802 and later served in the Russo-Turkish War (1806–12). He was appointed as the administrator of the Russian-American Company in 1825. He "was a hard-working, poor but honest man" who "lacked the vision for Alaska", was nonetheless "able administrator who followed the letter of
of Pyotr Lopukhin and his first wife, Praskovya Ivanovna Levshina. They had six children:
- Nikita Grigoryevich (26 June 1798-28 December 1813);
- Praskovya Grigoryevna (1799-1840), married Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bakhteyev;
- Aleksandr Grigoryevich (1803-1853);
- Pyotr Grigoryevich (1807-1862);
- Pavel Grigoryevich (1809-1858);
- Anna Grigoryevna (1810-1840), married Aleksandr Yegorovich Engelhardt.
After his father's death in 1803 Grigory