Events from the year 1899 in Russia.
Incumbents Monarch – Nicholas II
Events
1899 Russian student strike Akyaka Railway Station Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Pochvovedenie The Development of Capitalism in Russia by Vladimir Lenin is published.
Births January 14 – Georg Witt, film producer (d. 1973) March 18 – Max Alpert, photographer (d. 1980) April 22 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born American writer (d. 1977) April 24 – Oscar Zariski, mathematician (d. 1986) May 31 – Leonid Leonov, novelist and playwright (d. 1994) June 26 – Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918) September 1 – Andrei Platonov, Soviet writer (d. 1951) October 22 – Nikolay Bogolyubov, actor (d. 1980) October 27 – Mikhail Zharov, actor and director (d. 1981) October 29 – Akim Tamiroff, Armenian actor (d. 1972) November 8 – Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-born Israeli poet and columnist (d. 1954)
Deaths
January 21 – Mikhail Annenkov, nobleman, author, military officer, and engineer (b. 1835) January 30 – Ivan Velio, statesman, Active Privy Councillor (b. 1830) March 4 – Vasyl Bilozersky, political and cultural activist, journalist, scientist, and pedagogue (b. 1825) May 11 – Varvara Rudneva, physician (b. 1844) September 20 – Anatoly Vaneyev, revolutionary (b. 1872)
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