 After his resignation he settled in his estate, village Krasniy Kut of Yekaterinoslav Governorate, where he died on May 18, 1853.To honor the achievements of Governor Pyotr Papkov, the Taganrog City Council placed his portrait in its hall in 1866.In 1833 Papkov was elected member of the "Main Moscow Society for improvement of the sheep-breeding" (Главное Московское Общество улучшения овцеводства) and into its periodical "The Sheep-breeding Journal", where he published the following articles