Events from the year 1783 in Russia
Incumbents Monarch – Catherine II
Events Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire Black Sea Fleet founded Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg first built Church of St. Catherine (Saint Petersburg) completed Kuban Nogai Uprising Malo-Kalinkin Bridge (St. Petersburg) built Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra founded Russian Academy founded Sevastopol Naval Base completed Treaty of Georgievsk - Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti becomes a Russian protectorate Vladimir Central Prison founded
Births
Catherine Bagration - princess known for eccentric life abroad Andrej Dudrovich - philosopher, president of Kharkov University Nadezhda Durova - soldier Alexander Ivanovich Galich - philosopher and writer Paisi Kaysarov - general Pyotr Kozlovsky - diplomat and writer Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron - French emigre, general Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia - daughter of Paul I of Russia Alexander Sablukov - general, inventor Fyodor Shubin - soldier, founder of Nur-Sultan Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy - artist Friedrich Caspar von Geismar - Austrian-German who became Russian general Friedrich von Rüdiger - general Vasily Zhukovsky - poet, imperial tutor
Deaths
Alexander Ablesimov - writer Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn - general and statesman Gerhard Friedrich Müller - ethnographer and historian Grigory Orlov - favorite of Catherine the Great Nikita Ivanovich Panin - advisor to Catherine the Great Tikhon of Zadonsk - bishop, writer, saint
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