Events from the year 1904 in Russia.
Incumbents Monarch – Nicholas II Chairman of the Committee of Ministers - Sergei Witte
Events
9 February – Battle of Chemulpo Bay: a naval engagement at Chemulpo Bay in Korea between Russian and Japanese forces at the start of the Russo-Japanese War.Jukes, Geoffrey. The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905. Osprey Publishing, 2002. Battle of Liaoyang Battle of Port Arthur 1904 Moscow tornado 8 February – The Russo-Japanese War begins with a surprise Japanese attack on Port Arthur.Jukes, Geoffrey. The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905. Osprey Publishing, 2002. Siege of Port Arthur
Births
22 January George Balanchine, Russian-born American choreographer (died 1983) Arkady Gaidar, children's writer (died 1941) 2 February – Valery Chkalov, Soviet test pilot (died 1938) 21 February – Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1980) 4 March – George Gamow, Ukrainian-born American physicist (died 1968) 1 April – Nikolai Berzarin, Soviet general (died 1945) 6 May – Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born Israeli engineer (died 1984) 10 July - Haim Ben-Asher, Russian-born Israeli politician (died 1998) 24 July – Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, Soviet admiral (died 1974) 28 July – Pavel Cherenkov, Soviet physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990) 12 August - Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (died 1918) 16 December – Banat Batyrova (1904–1970), farmer (died 1970)
Deaths
- Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer. (b. 1860) - Emanuel Schiffers, Russian chess player (b. 1850) Maria A. Neidgardt, courtier (b. 1831)
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