Events from the year 1826 in Russia.
Incumbents Monarch – Nicholas I
Events Establishment of the Second Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery and the Third Section by imperial decree. Establishment of the Chief of the Gendarmes 8 July - Start of the Russo-Persian War
Births 1 January - Yakov Alkhazov, General 14 January - Ivan Naumovich, Ukrainian Russophile 27 January - Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Author and Satirist 28 February - Pamfil Yurkevich, Philosopher and University Professor 23 July - Alexander Afanasyev, Ethnographer 12 August - Pyotr Albedinsky, Journalist 4 September - Pyotr Albedinsky, Military Officer and Politician Viktor Gayevski, Literary Critic and Historian Fyodor Stellovsky, Publisher and Editor Pavel Sokolov (painter), Painter
Deaths 16 May - Elizabeth Alexeievna, Empress of Russia Glafira Alymova, Harpist
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