1778 in Russia

Events from the year 1778 in Russia.

Incumbents Monarch – Catherine II

Events

Emigration of Christians from the Crimea in 1778 The city of Kherson is established. The city of Mariupol is established. Nikolas Novikov takes over the Moscow University Press and begins publishing "The Drone" for which he is later imprisoned by Catherine II.

Births

20 September - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Cartographer and Explorer

Deaths

Anna Sergeyevna Dolgorukaya, Pedagogue, Noble, and Courtier

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