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Pyotr S. Neporozhny

Pyotr S. Neporozhny, also known as Pyotr Stepanovich Neporozhny, was a Soviet power engineer who led the Ministry of Power and Electrification from 1962 to 1985.

Pyotr Saltykov

Pyotr Saltykov, also known as Pyotr Semyonovich Saltykov, was a Russian count and field marshal who defeated Frederick II at Kunersdorf in 1759 and later governed Moscow.

Pyotr Savitsky

Pyotr Savitsky (Пётр Савицкий) was a Russian economist, geographer, and philosopher who served Denikin and Wrangel and co-founded the Eurasianist movement, dying in Prague in 1968.

Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (Пётр Петрович Семёнов-Тян-Шанский), born Pyotr Semyonov, was a Russian geographer and statistician who explored the Tian Shan in 1856–57 and organized Russia's first general census in 1897.

Pyotr Shafirov

Pyotr Shafirov (Пётр Павлович Шафиров) was a Russian diplomat under Peter the Great, vice-chancellor and baron, who negotiated the Peace of the Pruth in 1711.

Pyotr Shuisky

Pyotr Shuisky (Пётр Иванович Шуйский) was a Russian boyar and voivode of the Shuisky clan, a leading commander in the conquest of Kazan and the early Livonian War who died in 1564.

Pyotr Skripchenkov

Pyotr Skripchenkov (Пётр Скрипченков, 1926–2010) was a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and set three medley relay world records in 1953 and 1954.

Pyotr Stolypin (Пётр Аркадьевич Столыпин)

Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin (Пётр Аркадьевич Столыпин, 1862–1911), Russian prime minister 1906–1911 under Nicholas II; author of the 9 November 1906 agrarian reform dissolving peasant communes, the June 1907 electoral coup, and field courts martial; assassinated in Kiev by Dmitry Bogrov.

Pyotr Struve

Pyotr Struve (Пётр Бернгардович Струве), 1870 to 1944, was a Russian economist and political figure who moved from Marxism to liberalism and anti-Bolshevik opposition, dying in Paris.

Pyotr Tekeli

Pyotr Tekeli (Пётр Абрамович Текели) was a Serbian-born general in Russian service who carried out Catherine II's 1775 order to liquidate the Zaporozhian Sich without bloodshed.

Pyotr Tkachev

Pyotr Tkachev (Пётр Ткачёв, 1844–1886) was a Russian revolutionary publicist who argued that autocracy should be overthrown by a coup of a small, centralized organization of professional revolutionaries, a forerunner of Lenin.

Pyotr Valuev

Pyotr Valuev (Пётр Александрович Валуев) was a Russian statesman who served as interior minister under Alexander II and issued the 1863 Valuev Circular restricting Ukrainian publishing.

Oct 22, 2026

Pyotr Vyazemsky

Pyotr Vyazemsky (Пётр Вяземский), 1792–1878, was a Russian poet, literary critic, and statesman who co-founded the Arzamas society, befriended Pushkin, and chaired the Russian Historical Society.

Pyotr Wittgenstein

Pyotr Wittgenstein (Пётр Христианович Витгенштейн) was a Russian field marshal of German ancestry who defended St Petersburg against Napoleon in 1812 and commanded in the 1828–1829 war against the Ottoman Empire.

Pyotr Wrangel

Pyotr Wrangel (Пётр Николаевич Врангель), the "Black Baron," 1878-1928, was the last White commander in chief in the Russian Civil War, governed South Russia from Crimea in 1920, evacuated 145,693 people to exile, founded ROVS, and died in Brussels.

Oct 22, 2026

Pyotr Yershov

Pyotr Yershov (Пётр Ершов, 1815–1869) was a Russian writer best known for the verse fairy tale Konyok-Gorbunok, which he wrote as a student in 1834.

Pyper America

Pyper America (Pyper America Smith) is an American model, bassist of the Atomics with siblings Lucky Blue, Daisy Clementine, and Starlie Cheyenne. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, she debuted on runways in 2015 for Moschino, Armani, and Philipp Plein.

Pyper Braun

Pyper Braun (born 2013) is an American child actress from Los Angeles, known as Chloe in Netflix's Country Comfort, the voice of Bitsy in Disney Jr.'s Superkitties, and roles in Erin & Aaron, Desperation Road, and Imaginary (2024).

PyQt

PyQt is a set of Python bindings for Qt, with over 1,000 classes, developed by Riverbank Computing and first released by Phil Thompson in 1998.

Pyra

Pyra (Πυρά) is a village in Phocis, Greece, on Mount Oiti, site of the Pyre of Herakles: a 3rd-century BC prostyle Doric temple, an Archaic-to-Roman altar, and an excavated ash bed tied to the hero's mythic self-immolation.

Pyra and Mythra

Pyra and Mythra are the two forms of the Aegis, deuteragonists of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017); fiery power versus speed, designed by Masatsugu Saito, and a two-in-one Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter added March 4, 2021.

Pyracantha

Pyracantha (firethorn) is a genus of six accepted evergreen, thorny Rosaceae shrubs native from southern Europe to China, grown for white spring flowers and red, orange, or yellow winter berries, prone to scab and fireblight.

Pyracantha coccinea

Pyracantha coccinea, scarlet firethorn (buisson ardent), a thorny evergreen Rosaceae shrub native from southern Europe to Iran, grown for white flowers and red berries, invasive in Florida, Brazil, and South Africa.

Pyraclofos

Pyraclofos (Voltage, Boltage), an organothiophosphate insecticide and acaricide, CAS 89784-60-1, C14H18ClN2O3PS, inhibits acetylcholinesterase (IRAC group 1B); not EU-approved, weakly sorbed in soil.

Pyraclostrobin

Pyraclostrobin is a BASF strobilurin (QoI, FRAC 11) fungicide and plant growth regulator that inhibits the cytochrome bc1 complex at the Qo site; EU approval renewed in 2026, with G143A cytochrome b mutation conferring resistance.

Pyraflufen ethyl

Pyraflufen-ethyl (CAS 129630-19-9) is a phenylpyrazole, PPO-inhibiting (HRAC group E) contact herbicide used for weed control, potato desiccation, and cotton defoliation; first registered in Japan in 1999, EU-approved to 2031, sold as Kabuki, Ecopart, and ET products.