Background
Peter was born on September 22, 1741 in Berlin, Germany.
Peter was born on September 22, 1741 in Berlin, Germany.
He came to Russia in 1767. He drew up plans and instructions for academic expeditions of 1768-1774. Pallas developed their common purpose. The leader of the expedition, during which surveyed the Volga region, the Urals, Siberia, Altai. On the way to the city of Simbirsk drove through the city of Kasimov of the Voronezh province. In 1793-1794 he traveled to the Volga region, to the North Caucasus, to the Azov region and the Crimea.
In 1795, traveling to the Crimea, investigated the flora in Valuisky and Biryuchsky counties. In the report of the Academy of Sciences, he wrote that “in the beautiful and fertile plains” of the Voronezh province along the Oskol river he found “remnants of beautiful vegetation”, among them Siberian plants, briar “in such large numbers that he had never seen anywhere in Russia”. Also, a rare meteorite (pallasite) was named in his honor.