1769 in Russia
This is a list of notable events from the year 1769 in Russia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russian forces take the Ottoman fortress of Chocim in Bukovina.
Birth
[edit]- Aleksey Arakcheyev, Russian general
- Ekaterina Feodorovna Baryatinskaya-Dolgorukova, Russian court official
- Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov, Russian infantry commander
- Georgiy Evseevich Eristov, Russian nobleman
- Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general
- Boris Vladimirovich Golitsyn, Russian aristocrat
Death
[edit]- Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet
- Stepan Glotov, Russian navigator
References
[edit]- ^ Russian: Екатерина Великая, romanized: Yekaterina Velikaya.