1865 in Russia
Events from the year 1865 in Russia.
Incumbents
Events
- The Saint Petersburg Zoological Garden is founded by Sofia and Julius Gerhardt in Alexander Park, Saint Petersburg.
- Russian forces capture the Central Asian city of Tashkent, then part of the Khanate of Kokand. At the time, Tashkent had about 70,000 inhabitants and was a major centre of trade with Russia.
- Author Leo Tolstoy begins publishing his historical novel War and Peace in serial form in the periodical Russkiy Vestnik under the title 1805.
Births
19 January – Valentin Serov, painter.10 August – Aleksandr Glazunov, composer.
14 August – Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky, author.