# Pyotr Postnikov

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| occupation  = a Russian physiologist and diplomat
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| birth_date  = 1666
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'''Pyotr Vasilyevich Postnikov''' ({{Langx|ru|Пётр Васильевич Постников}}),  was the first [Russia](/source/Russia)n physiologist and a diplomat.

==Life==
A son of a diplomat Vasily Timofeyevich Postnikov (died 1708). Circa 1689 he finished studies in [Slavic Greek Latin Academy](/source/Slavic_Greek_Latin_Academy). In 1692 Pyotr Postnikov was sent to study medicine in the [University of Padua](/source/University_of_Padua). In 1694 he became a doctor of medicine and philosophy.

In 1697 Pyotr Postnikov translated the Quran to Russian language from [André du Ryer](/source/Andr%C3%A9_du_Ryer)'s French version.<ref>Рихтер В. История медицины в России. — Ч. 2. — М., 1820</ref> He participated in the work of the [Karlowitz Congress](/source/Treaty_of_Karlowitz) (1698–99). He returned to Russia in 1701 and served in the Pharmaceutical ''[Prikaz](/source/Prikaz)''. In 1703 Postnikov was sent to Paris as an unofficial agent, where he died.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141018011316/http://islam-info.ru/koran/1616-neskolko-zamechanij-po-voprosu-o-pervenstve-v.html A few remarks on the primacy in the translation of the Quran into Russian]</ref>

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