1876 in Russia
Events from the year 1876 in Russia.
Incumbents
Events
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's patriotic Slavonic March makes its premiere in Moscow.
- Marche slave
- Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy
- Reichstadt Agreement
- Kazan demonstration
- The Khanate of Kokand was incorporated into the Russian Empire.April Uprising: Bulgarian nationalists attacked the Ottoman police headquarters in Oborishte.
- Tsar Alexander II signed the Ems Ukaz, banning the use of the Ukrainian language in print.
Births
- Nikolay Dukhonin, White Army General, casualty of the Russian Civil War.
- Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter.
- Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century, born in Väike-Maarja, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire.
- Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer, born in Ludza, Russian Empire
- Maxim Litvinov, Russian statesman, revolutionary and diplomat, born in Białystok, Russian Empire
- Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian actress, born in Tula, Russian Empire
- Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator, born in Seppälä, Russia
Deaths
- Mikhail Bakunin, Russian revolutionary anarchist, Died in Bern,Switzerland
- Alexander ll, Emperor of Russia assassinated in 1881
- Joseph V Stalin, Bolshevik party leader in 1953.