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1891 In Russia
Events from the year 1891 in Russia. Incumbents * Monarch – Alexander III Events * Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad Begins * Eastern journey of Nicholas II * Ōtsu incident * Russian famine of 1891–92 Births * January 1 – Boris Morros, an American Communist Party member, Soviet agent, and FBI double agent (d. 1963) * January 3 – Osip Mandelstam, poet (d. 1938) * January 8 – Bronislava Nijinska, ballet dancer (d. 1972) * January 20 – Mischa Elman, violinist (d. 1967) * January 21 – Nikolai Golovanov, conductor and composer (d. 1953) * January 23 – Abram Besicovitch, mathematician (d. 1970) * February 14 – Liubov Kemularia-Nathadze, botanist (d. 1985) * February 18 – Artur Artuzov, security officer and spymaster of the Soviet Union (d. 1937) * February 23 – Vladimir Karelin, revolutionary, one of the organizers of the Left Socialist Revolutionary Party (d. 1938) * March 9 – Arkadi Masl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |