Events from the year 1791 in Russia
Incumbents Monarch – Catherine II
Events Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) continues July 10: Battle of Măcin August 11: Battle of Cape Kaliakra
Kakhovka founded Pale of Settlement established Zoological Museum of Moscow University founded
Births Vladimir Fyodorovich Adlerberg, general Sergey Aksakov, writer Nikolay Bestuzhev, navy officer, writer, inventor, painter, Decembrist Kapiton Pavlov, portrait painter Yekaterina Saltykov, courtier Pyotr Sokolov (portraitist), portrait painter Alexandru Sturdza, diplomat and writer
Deaths Prince Alexander of Kartli (1726–1791), Georgian prince Yakov Knyazhnin, writer Grigory Potemkin (born 1739) Potap Kuzmich Zaikov, navigator in Russian America
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