Count Nikita Petrovich Panin (Russian: Граф Ники́та Петро́вич Па́нин; 1770–1837) was an Imperial Russian diplomat, vice-chancellor, and (acting) State Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Russia. He was a nephew of Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin, son of Petr Ivanovich Panin, son-in-law of Count Vladimir Orlov:. Nikita P. Panin plotted the **ination of Paul I of Russia together with Count Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen and the Russo-Neapolitan Admiral José de Ribas. Ribas died before the **ination, which was actually carried out on 23 March 1801 by a band of dismissed officers headed by General Bennigsen, a Hanoverian in the Russian service, and General Yashvil, a Georgian. The **ination brought Alexander I of Russia to the throne.

Further reading

• (in Russian) Materials for the biography of Count Nikita Petrovich Panin. (1892) (Материалы для жизнеописания графа Никиты Петровича Панина) at Runivers.ru in DjVu and PDF formats