Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen was a Baltic German courtier who played a pivotal role in the assassination of Emperor Paul....

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Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen was a Baltic German courtier who played a pivotal role in the assassination of Emperor Paul. He became a general in 1798, a count in 1799, and was the Military Governor of St. Petersburg from 1798 to 1801. Letter to Burckhard Alexius Constantin von Krüdener, Russian Ambassador to Prussia St. Petersburg, [12] March 1801. 2 pages, in-4o 31,5 x 19 cm. In Russian.