1784 in Russia

Events from the year 1784 in Russia

Years in Russia:	1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787
Centuries:	17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades:	1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s
Years:	1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787

Incumbents

• Monarch – Catherine II

Events

• God - completed by poet Gavrila Derzhavin
• Orlov Trotter - birth of Bars I, considered first of breed
• Vladikavkaz founded

Births

• Joseph Bové - architect
• Catherine Herbert, Countess of Pembroke - Russian noblewoman who married Gen. George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke
• Teodor Narbutt - historian and military engineer
• Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia - daughter of Paul I of Russia
• Arkadi Suvorov - general
• Paul von Krüdener - diplomat, second ambassador to the United States

Deaths

• Prince Adarnase of Kartli - general
• Zakhar Chernyshev - general, Minister of War
• Alexander Lanskoy - favorite of Catherine the Great
• Yekaterina Sinyavina - pianist and composer

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