Events from the year 1868 in Russia.
Incumbents Monarch – Alexander II
Events The Saint Petersburg Declaration of 1868 International treaty is signed. The khanate became a vassal of the Russian Empire. The siege of Samarkand takes place in modern day Uzbekistan (previously part of the Russian empire) between the fourteenth of June to the eighteenth of June.
Births March 28 – Maxim Gorky, writer (d. 1936) May 18 – Nicholas II of Russia, (d. 1918) August 24 - Egil Eide, Actor and director (d. December 13 1946) September 20 – Vera Velichkina, physician, writer and revolutionary (d. 1918) October 3 - Gunnar Isachsen, military personnel and explorer (d. December 19 1939)
Deaths
Maria Meshcherskaya, courtier (b. 1844)
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