Events from the year 1786 in Russia
Incumbents Monarch – Catherine II
Events Court Riding Arena in Saint Petersburg begins construction Creaking Pagoda completed in Tsarskoye Selo Don Host Oblast established Fevey - premier of opera by Vasily Pashkevich with libretto by Catherine the Great Pashkov House completed in Moscow St. Catherine's Cathedral completed in Kherson Vodootvodny Canal completed
Births Dmitry Begichev, civil servant, writer, senator Alexander Chavchavadze, Georgian poet and nobleman, Russian general Auguste de Montferrand, French architect who worked principally in Russia Roksandra Skarlatovna Edling, courtier (d. 1844) Fyodor Glinka, poet and author Gavriil Ignatyev, general Maria Nesselrode, courtier (d. 1803) Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786–1859), daughter of Paul I of Russia Pavel Schilling, diplomat and inventor Ekaterina Semenova, actress Roxandra Sturdza, philanthropist and writer Sergey Uvarov, scholar and civil servant influential in education Filipp Vigel, nobleman, civil servant, memoirist Otto Magnus von Stackelberg, archaeologist and artist Karl Gustav von Strandmann, general
Deaths Jovan Horvat, general and founder of New Serbia Thomas MacKenzie (Russian admiral), admiral and founder of Sevastopol Julia von Mengden, lady-in-waiting and confidant of Grand Dutchess Anna Leopoldovna
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