By that point, Rumyantsev had undoubtedly become the most famous Russian commander. Other Catharinian generals, notably
Potemkin, allegedly regarded his fame with such jealousy that they wouldn't permit him to take the command again. In times of peace, Rumyantsev expressed his innovative views on the martial art in the
Instructions (1761),
Customs of Military Service (1770), and the
Thoughts (1777). These works provided a theoretical base for the re-organisation of the Russian army undertaken by Potemkin. During the
Second Russo-Turkish War, Rumyantsev suspected Potemkin of deliberately curtailing supplies of his army and presently resigned his command. In the
Polish campaign of 1794 he once again won appointment as
commander-in-chief, but his rival
Suvorov actually led the armies into battle. On this occasion Rumyantsev didn't bother even to leave his Ukrainian manor at
Tashan which he had rebuilt into a fortress. He died there on 19 December 1796, just over a month after Catherine's death, and was interred in the
Kiev Pechersk Lavra. As the story goes, old Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky grew enormously fat and avaricious, so that he pretended not to recognize his own sons when they came from the capital to ask for money. Under his son Sergey's administration, Tashan fell into ruins, although he erected a
mausoleum near
Balashikha for his father's reburial (which never took place). Neither Sergey nor his brother
Nikolay Petrovich Rumyantsev married, and the comital branch of the
Rumyantsev family became extinct upon their death. == Honours ==