1792 in Russia

Events from the year 1792 in Russia

Incumbents Monarch – Catherine II

Events

Russo-Turkish War (1787–92) 9 January - Treaty of Jassy ends war Polish–Russian War of 1792 26 May - Battle of Opsa 11 June - Battle of Mir 14 June - Battle of Boruszkowce 18 June - Battle of Zieleńce 18 July - Battle of Dubienka

Births Archimandrite Photius (1792-1838) - religious leader Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792-1856) - mathematician Mikhail Pavlov (1792-1840) - academic, textbook writer Grand Duchess Olga Pavlovna of Russia (1792-1795) - daughter of Paul I of Russia Lev Perovski (1792-1856) - nobleman, administrator, and mineralogist Pyotr Pletnyov (1792-1866) - poet, literary critic, academic Natasha Rostova (b. 1792) - character in War and Peace Zinaida Volkonskaya (1792-1862) - writer, poet, composer, singer, salonist, and lady-in-waiting Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792-1878) - poet Alexander Ypsilantis (1792-1828) - Greek who rose to be a Russian major general

Deaths George Browne (1698-1792) - Irishman who became a Russian general and governor of Livonia Denis Fonvizin (1745-1792) - playwright of the Russian Enlightenment Gavriil Skorodumov (1755-1792) - engraver Mikhail Sushkov (1778-1792) - writer, suicide Elizaveta Vorontsova (1739-1792) - mistress of Peter III of Russia

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