1794 in Russia
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Incumbents
Events
- Kościuszko Uprising
- April 4 - Battle of Racławice
- April 17–19 - Warsaw Uprising (1794)
- April 22 - Vilnius Uprising (1794)
- June 6 - Battle of Szczekociny
- June 8 - Battle of Chełm
- July 13 - September 6 - Siege of Warsaw (1794)
- September 19 - Battle of Brest (1794)
- October 10 - Battle of Maciejowice
- November 4 - Battle of Praga
- Kharitonov Palace commissioned
- Korenovsk founded
- Kushchyovskaya founded
- Odessa founded
- Ust-Labinsk founded
- Vilna Governorate-General created
Births
- Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (1794-1847) - Azerbaijani writer, historian, poet, and linguist; Russian military officer
- Pyotr Chaadayev (1794-1856) - philosopher
- Nikolai Borisovich Galitzin (1794-1866) - nobleman who commissioned three string quartets from Beethoven
- Gavriil Antonovich Katakazi (1794-1867) - diplomat and government official
- Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky (1794-1866) - general
- Ivan Kupreyanov (1794-1857) - naval officer and head of the Russian-American Company 1835-1840
- Alexander Petrov (1794-1867) - chess player and writer
- August Georg Wilhelm Pezold (1794-1859) - Estonian painter and lithographer
- Ivan Mikhailovich Simonov (1794-1855) - astronomer and geodesist
- Sergei Grigoryevich Stroganov (1794-1882) - nobleman, statesman, art historian, archaeologist, philanthropist
- Nikolai Sukhozanet (1794-1871) - general and statesman
- Artemy Tereshchenko (1794-1873) - businessman
- Konstantin Thon (1794-1881) - architect
- Alexander Ulybyshev (1794-1858) - diplomat and musicologist, biographer of Mozart
- Ivan Vitali (1794-1855) - sculptor
- Matvei Wielhorski (1794-1866) - Polish-Russian cellist
Deaths
- Gregory Skovoroda (1722-1794) - philosopher, poet, composer
- Ivan Yelagin (1725-1794) - historian, freemason, secretary to Catherine the Great
- Vasily Zuyev (1754-1794) - naturalist and traveler
References
- ↑ "Catherine the Great". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
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