{{Short description|Russian general (1874–1964)}} thumb|Peter Polovtsov '''Peter Alexandrovich Polovtsov''' ({{langx|ru|Пётр Алекса́ндрович По́ловцов}}; {{OldStyleDate|11 July|1874|30 May}} in Tsarskoye Selo – 9 April 1964 in Monte Carlo) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant general.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grwar.ru/persons/person/517|title=Русская армия в Великой войне: Картотека проекта. Половцов Петр Александрович|website=www.grwar.ru|accessdate=Sep 3, 2022}}</ref> He was the younger son of Alexander Polovtsov.
Polovtsov escaped from Soviet Russia in February 1918 with the aid of the British agents Ranald MacDonell and Edward Noel.<ref name="Fitzpatrick">{{cite web |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=David |title=Edward William Charles Noel – political officer and spy |url=https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2016/04/edward-william-charles-noel-political-officer-and-spy.html |website=blogs.bl.uk |publisher=British Library |access-date=1 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> He was provided with the passport of Reverend Jesse Yonan, an American missionary, and travelled in disguise from Tbilisi to Baku on the Transcaucasus Railway. They travelled on a train escorted by 10,000 armed troops of the Bolshevik Red Army. Noel's involvement in this came to light when he was held captive by the Jangalis in March 1918 and was used to pressurise MacDonell, then in Baku, to desist from trying to topple the Baku Commune.<ref>''On Secret Service East of Constantinople'' by Peter Hopkirk, John Murray, 1994</ref>
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