Events from the year 1785 in Russia
Incumbents Monarch – Catherine II
Events Babolovo Palace completed Battle of the Sunja - Russian defeat in Chechen uprising led by Sheikh Mansur Billings Expedition authorized to search for the Northeast Passage Caucasus Viceroyalty (1785–96) established Charter to the Gentry codified rights of nobility City Dumas established in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and other cities by imperial decree Great Gostiny Dvor shopping arcade opened in Saint Petersburg Hermitage Theatre opened Odigitrievsky Cathedral completed Trinity Church, Pervitino founded
Births Stepan Nikitich Begichev - soldier and memoirist Dmitry Bludov - government official and writer Nikolai Islenev - general Stepan Khilkov - general Dorothea Lieven - noblewoman, socialite Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina - noblewoman Lev Naryshkin - general Anna Orlova-Chesmenskaya - noblewoman, philanthropist Konstantin von Benckendorff - diplomat and general Hans Karl von Diebitsch - general
Deaths Praskovya Bruce - lady-in-waiting and confidant of Catherine the Great Ivan Firsov - painter Ivan Grigorovich-Barsky - architect
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