Events from the year 1848 in Russia
Incumbents Monarch – Nicholas I
Events
Nicholas I invades the Danubian principalities. Nicholas I sets up a secret committee to intensify censorship of the press. Russia, despite being largely unaffected by the revolutions of 1848, sends armies to aid the Habsburgs in the Hungarian revolution of 1848. Russia suffers major disasters such as a major cholera epidemic, a bad harvest, and an increase in fires due to weather.
Births
January 25 — Ekaterina Vazem, Russian ballet dancer, teacher April 7 — Anna Brenko, Russian actress, director, playwright, theater worker
Deaths
7 June – Vissarion Belinsky, Russian literary critic (born 1811)
References
Further reading Lincoln, W.B. "Russia and the European Revolutions of 1848" History Today (Jan 1973), Vol. 23 Issue 1, pp 53-59 online.