Events from the year 1898 in Russia.
Incumbents Monarch – Nicholas II
Events
1898 influenza outbreak 1st Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party 25 April – Signing of Nishi–Rosen Agreement between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan concerning disputes over Korea. Central Committee compositions elected by the 1st–3rd congresses of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party Founding of influential Mir iskusstva arts magazine. Russian Social Democratic Labor Party
Births January 22 – Sergei Eisenstein, film director (d. 1948) February 20 – Semyon Kirlian, inventor (d. 1978) March 14 – Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (d. 1985) July 13 – Ivan Triesault, Estonian-born American actor (d. 1980) August 12 – Maria Klenova, marine geologist (d. 1976) September 29 – Trofim Lysenko, biologist (d. 1976) October 20 – Sergi Jikia, Georgian historian and orientalist (d. 1993)
Deaths
May 22 – Nikolay Afanasyev, composer and violinist
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