1770 in Russia
Events in the year 1770 in Russia.
Incumbents
Monarch – Catherine IIEvents
- Russo-Turkish war
- January – Russian troops in Focșani witness the first signs of a plague
- 5–7 July – Battle of Chesma; The Russian fleet defeats the Ottoman fleet in Çeşme Bay near Çeşme
- 7 July – Battle of Larga; Russians defeat the Crimeans and Ottomans on the banks of the Larga River
- 1 August – Battle of Kagul; In the Kagul River near Cahul, in southern Moldavia, now Moldova, Russians score a land victory against Crimea and the Ottoman Empire.