1861 in Russia
Events from the year '''1861 in Russia'''
Incumbents
Events
- February 27 - Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw protesting Russian rule, killing 5 protesters.
- March 3 - Emancipation reform of 1861: Serfdom is abolished.
- March 13 - Tsushima incident: the Russian corvette Posadnik arrives at Tsushima Island in the Korea Strait, Japan, provoking a reaction from the Japan.
- April 24 - Bezdna in Russia is the scene of a peasant uprising; the military open fire and nearly 5000 are killed.
- May 21 - Russian sailors clash with Japanese samurai and farmers at Tsushima island.
Births
- 16 November - Arvid Järnefelt, Finnish author