Events from the year 1781 in Russia
Incumbents Monarch – Catherine II
Events Austro-Russian alliance (1781) Cheboksary granted city status Great Gatchina Palace completed Nazran founded; largest city in Ingushetia Ufa Viceroyalty established
Births
Alexander Bulgakov (d. 1863) - diplomat, senator, postal official Ilya Gruzinov (d. 1813) - professor of anatomy and physiology Mikhail Malakhov (d. 1842) - architect Gleb Shishmaryov (d. 1835) - admiral, navigator, explorer Nikita Volkonsky (d. 1844) - aristocrat and general Alexander Vostokov (d. 1864) - philologist and poet
Deaths
Ivan Bagration (b. 1725) - general of Georgian royal origin Abram Petrovich Gannibal (b. circa 1696) - military engineer, general, nobleman Johann Anton Güldenstädt (b. 1745) - naturalist and explorer Alexey Nagayev (b. 1704) - hydrographer, cartographer, admiral Ekaterina Orlova (courtier) (b. 1758) - lady-in-waiting to Catherine the Great
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