1779 in Russia

Incumbents

• Monarch – Catherine II

Events

• Pavlograd founded, Lipetsk and Sergach granted town status.

Births

• 2 February - Maria Naryshkina, mistress of Alexander I of Russia

Deaths

• 13 April - Grigory Teplov, philosopher
• 25 September - Ekaterina Chernysheva, courtier