Peter Essen

Count Peter Essen (Russian: Пётр Кири́ллович Э́ссен, Pyotr Kirillovich Essen; 11 August 1772 – 23 September 1844) was a Baltic German General of the Infantry[2] in 1819 and a count (1833).

Essen enlisted as a sergeant in the Life Cuirassier Regiment in 1787, and transferred to the Pavlovsky heir battalion in 1790.

In 1802 he was appointed head of the Vyborg and Shlisselbourg musketeer regiments.

In 1807 he was awarded the Order of St. George, third class, for his actions in the Battle of Eylau.

From 1830 to 1842 he served as military governor-general of St. Petersburg and a member of the State Council.