1793 in Russia

Incumbents

• Monarch – Catherine II

Events

The partitions of Poland; the second partition occurred in 1793

• Minsk Governorate
• Orthodox Eparchy of Minsk and Slutsk
• Second Partition of Poland

Births

• Jafargulu Bakikhanov (1793-1867) - Azerbaijani noble who became a Russian general
• Maria Danilova (1793-1810) - ballet dancer
• Apollon Galafeyev (1793-1853) - general
• Nikolay Kobozev (1793-1866) - merchant, first mayor of Berdiansk
• Karl Eduard von Napiersky (1793-1864) - Latvian historian
• Pavel Pestel (1793-1826) - revolutionary, Decembrist
• Feodor Pryanishnikov (1793-1867) - post office administrator and reformer
• Elena Yezhova (1793-1853) - opera singer and actress

Deaths

• Karl Blank (1728-1793) - architect
• Mikhail Krechetnikov (1729-1793) - general

References

Media related to 1793 in the Russian Empire at Wikimedia Commons