Events from the year 1852 in Russia
Incumbents Monarch – Nicholas I
Events
February 17, Hermitage Museum was opened to public in Saint Petersburg that is designed by Nikolay Yefimov and Vasily Stasov. The second phase of the Onega Canal construction was completed Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia The first telegraph station was opened in October 1. Marking the transition from Optical telegraph to Electrical telegraph.
Births
Vera Figner, Russian political activist, (d.1942) Nikolay Garin-Mikhaylovsky, Russian writer and engineer, (d.1906) Walter Winans, Russian gold metalist for shooting, (d. 1920) Alexey Kuropatkin, Russian Imperial Minister of War, (d. 1925) Dmitry Anuchin, Russian anthropologist and ethnographist (d.1923)
Deaths
Nikolai Gogol a major Russian writer died in February 1852. Vasily Zhukovsy a poet and translator. Fabian Gottlieb a Russian Admiral, cartographer and explorer died in January 1852. Karn Bryullov a famous Russian painter.
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