Events from the year 1906 in Russia.
Incumbents Monarch – Nicholas II Chairman of the Council of Ministers – until 5 May – Sergei Witte 5 May–21 July – Ivan Logginovich Goremykin starting 21 July – Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin Pyotr Stolypin, Russian prime minister from 1906 to 1911.
Events
Russian Constitution of 1906 1906 Russian legislative election Markovo Republic Białystok pogrom Bloody Wednesday (Poland) Siedlce pogrom Vyborg Manifesto
Births 3 January – Ulyana Barkova, Russian farm worker (d. 1991) 21 January – Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007). 7 February – Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984). 1 April – Alexander Yakovlev, Russian engineer and airplane designer (d. 1989). 3 May – Philippe Halsman, Latvian-born American photographer (d. 1979) 4 June – Ivan Knunyants, Soviet chemist (d. 1990). 17 June – Olli Ungvere, Estonian actress (d. 1991) 5 August – Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999). 8 September – Andrei Kirilenko, Soviet politician (d. 1990) 25 September – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer and pianist (d. 1975). 19 December – Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet politician (d. 1982).
Deaths
June 14 – Sophia Amirajibi, Georgian poetry translator (b. 1847)
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