Born of a
Russian noble family from the
Kiev Governorate, Pankratiev joined the Russian army in 1807 during the
Russo-Turkish War. He served as an aide to Field Marshal
Mikhail Kutuzov during the
French invasion of Russia in 1812 and to the
tsar Alexander I of Russia during the
War of the Sixth Coalition of 1813–1814. He rose to a regimental commander during the
War of the Seventh Coalition in 1815 and was promoted to major-general in 1817. He fought in the
Caucasus in the wars with
Persia,
Turkey, and
Caucasian mountaineers in the 1820s. He led a
punitive expedition against the
South Ossetians in 1830 and briefly commanded the Russian troops in the
South Caucasus in 1831. He was appointed member of the
State Council of the
Kingdom of Poland in 1832 and
Governor General of Warsaw in 1833. He presided over the court martial of the Polish officers who took part in the Polish
November Uprising of 1830–31. == References ==