Events from the year 1840 in Russia
Incumbents Monarch – Nicholas I
Events
Battle of the Valerik River Convention of London (1840)
Births
April 9 – Praskovya Uvarova, archaeologist (d. 1924) May 7 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer (d. 1893) November 4 - Dmitry Karakozov, assassin (d. 1866)
Deaths
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