1768 in Russia

Events from the year 1768 in Russia

Incumbents Monarch – Catherine II

Events

Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) Catherine II was inoculated against smallpox, setting an example for her subjects and marking an important moment in Russian medical history. Catherine II founded assignation banks, paving the way for Russia’s first paper money.

Births

Vera Zavadovskaya, courtier (d. 1845) Avdotya Vorobyeva

Deaths

1768 – Ivan Barkov, Russian poet and translator (b. 1732)

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