# Peter Polovtsov

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{{Short description|Russian general (1874–1964)}}
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'''Peter Alexandrovich Polovtsov''' ({{langx|ru|Пётр Алекса́ндрович По́ловцов}}; {{OldStyleDate|11 July|1874|30 May}} in [Tsarskoye Selo](/source/Tsarskoye_Selo) – 9 April 1964 in [Monte Carlo](/source/Monte_Carlo)) was an [Imperial Russian](/source/Imperial_Russian) [lieutenant general](/source/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](/source/Alexander_Polovtsov).

Polovtsov escaped from [Soviet Russia](/source/Soviet_Russia) in February 1918 with the aid of the [British](/source/British_Empire) agents [Ranald MacDonell](/source/Ranald_MacDonell) and [Edward Noel](/source/Edward_Noel_(spy)).<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](/source/Tbilisi) to [Baku](/source/Baku) on the [Transcaucasus Railway](/source/Transcaucasus_Railway). They travelled on a train escorted by 10,000 armed troops of the [Bolshevik](/source/Bolshevik) [Red Army](/source/Red_Army). Noel's involvement in this came to light when he was held captive by the [Jangalis](/source/Jungle_Movement_of_Gilan) in March 1918 and was used to pressurise MacDonell, then in Baku, to desist from trying to topple the [Baku Commune](/source/Baku_Commune).<ref>''On Secret Service East of Constantinople'' by [Peter Hopkirk](/source/Peter_Hopkirk), John Murray, 1994</ref>

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