1846 in Russia

Here are the events from the year '''1846 in Russia.'''

Incumbents

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.