1846 in Russia
Here are the events from the year '''1846 in Russia.'''
Incumbents
Events
- A wealthy landowner, Nikolai Bakhmetev, constructs a stone church, which would eventually be built into the Annunciation Monastery (Tolyatti) in Samara Oblast
- On January 15, Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's first novel "Poor Folk" was published in the St. Petersburg Collection almanac, which was a significant moment in Russian literature that foreshadowed deeper social critiques.
- The Double was first published in the Otechestvennye zapiski on 30 January, which was Fyodor Dostoevsky's second novel.
- The Petrashevsky Circle, organized by Mikhail Petrashevsky, was active in the 1840s and by 1846 it existed as a gathering of intellectuals.
- A devastating potato disease hit the Russian Empire. However, it was supposed to shield the peasants against famine.
Births
July–December
- August 16 – Oskar Victorovich Stark, Russian admiral and explorer
- September 25 – Wladimir Köppen, Russian-German geographer, climatologist
- December 21 – Julia Lermontova, Russian chemist