Events from the year 1788 in Russia
Incumbents Monarch – Catherine II
Events
Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) begins Battle of Hogland Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) continues Siege of Khotin (1788) Siege of Ochakov (1788) Naval actions at the siege of Ochakov (1788) Battle of Fidonisi Fruntimmersskolan i Viborg founded Kremlin Senate building completed Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly established Ulyoty town founded
Births
Alexander Albrecht (general), cavalry commander Yekaterina Avdeyeva, writer Auguste-Joseph Desarnod, French engraver and battle painter who spent most of his life in Russia Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857), German aristocratic exile and Russian general Maria Ikonina, ballerina. (d. 1866) Pavel Kiselyov, general, statesman, and reformer Sergey Stepanovich Lanskoy, Minister of the Interior 1855–1861, reformer Mikhail Lazarev, explorer and admiral Nikita Pankratiev, general Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, fourth daughter of Paul I of Russia Louis-Victor-Léon de Rochechouart, French aristocratic exile and Russian general Mikhail Vielgorsky, Russian official, composer, and arts patron Sergey Volkonsky, general and Decembrist Karl Friedrich von Rennenkampff, Baltic German general Semyon Yanovsky, Russian naval officer, the third governor of Russian America
Deaths Samuel Greig, Scottish sailor who became a Russian admiral Maria Rumyantseva, courtier (born 1699) Pyotr Sheremetev, wealthy nobleman and courtier Mikhail Volkonsky, general and statesman
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