Viktor Nikitich Panin

Panin Viktor Nikitich

Count Viktor Nikitich Panin (9 April (28 March Old Style) 1801 Moscow โ€“ 13 April (1 April Old Style) 1862 Nice) was conservative Russian Minister of Justice (1841โ€“1862). He was the younger son of Count Nikita Petrovich Panin by Countess Sofia Vladimirovna Orlova.

His granddaughter, Sofia Panina was a philanthropist who became active in the Constitutional Democratic Party following the February Revolution. She was subjected to a political trial following the Bolshevik seizure of power in the October Revolution.

Preceded by
Dmitry Bludov
Minister of Justice
1841 โ€“ 1862
Succeeded by
Dmitry Zamyatin