Editing Pyotr Krasnov (section)

{{Short description|Russian Cossack general, historian and collaborator (1869–1947)}}
{{redirect|General Krasnov}}
{{family name hatnote|Nikolayevich|Krasnov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Ataman]]
| name          = Pyotr Krasnov
| image         = Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov.jpg
| image_size    = 
| caption       = Krasnov before 1919
| nickname      = 
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1869|9|22|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1947|1|16|1869|9|22|df=y}}
| death_place   = [[Lefortovo Prison]], [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
{{Infobox person| child = yes | death_cause= [[Execution by hanging]] }}
| placeofburial = 
| allegiance    = {{flag|Russian Empire|1914}}<br/>{{flag|Don Republic}}<br/>{{flag|Nazi Germany}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of Russia.svg}} [[Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia|KONR]]
| branch        = {{army|Russian Empire|1914}}<br/>{{armed forces|Don Republic}} ([[White movement]])<br/>{{army|Nazi Germany}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of Russia.svg}} [[Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia|KONR]]
| serviceyears  = 1888–1945
| rank          = [[Generalleutnant]]
| unit          = 
| commands      = 
| battles       = [[Russo-Japanese War]]<br />[[World War I]]<br />[[Russian Civil War]]<br/>[[World War II]]
| awards        = see [[#Honours and awards|awards]]
| relations     = 
| laterwork     = 
| signature     = Pyotr Krasnov Signature.jpg
}}

'''Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov''' ({{langx|ru|Пётр Николаевич Краснов}}; {{OldStyleDate|22 September|1869|10 September}} – 17 January 1947), also known as '''Peter Krasnov''', was a Russian military leader, writer and later [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy|Nazi collaborator]].

Krasnov served as a [[lieutenant general]] in the [[Imperial Russian Army]] during [[World War I]] and later led [[White movement|anti-Bolshevik]] forces during the [[Russian Civil War]], where he served as the [[ataman]] of the [[Don Republic]] until the Red Army conquered the region following [[Battle for Tsaritsyn|their victory at Tsaritsyn]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Manaev |first1=Georgy |last2=RBTH |date=2014-03-29 |title=Between a rock and a hard place: The Cossacks' century of struggle |url=https://www.rbth.com/arts/2014/03/29/between_a_rock_and_a_hard_place_the_cossacks_century_of_struggle_35465.html |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Russia Beyond |language=en-US}}</ref>

After the civil war, he lived in exile. During [[World War II]], Krasnov [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy|collaborated]] with the Germans who mobilized [[Cossacks|Cossack]] forces to fight against the Soviet Union in  [[Operation Barbarossa]]. Following the end of the war, Krasnov was repatriated and executed by the Soviet authorities.