1881 in Russia
Events from the year 1881 in Russia.
Incumbents
Events
- January 1-January 24 - Siege of Geok Tepe: the Turkomans is defeated by Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev.
- March 13 - Emperor Alexander II is killed by a bomb near his palace, an act falsely blamed upon Russian Jews. He is succeeded by his son, Alexander III.
- April 15 - Anti-Semitic pogroms in Southern Russia.
- September 21 - The Treaty of Akhal is signed.
- December 25-December 27 - Warsaw pogrom, Vistula Land, Russian Empire
Undated
- Polish–Lithuanian Social Revolutionary Party is founded.
Births
- 4 February - Kliment Voroshilov, Russian military officer, politician
- 12 February - Anna Pavlova, Russian prima ballerina.
- 25 February - Alexei Rykov, Premier of Russia and Premier of the Soviet Union
- 4 May - Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician
- 16 October - Alexey Schastny, Russian naval officer
- 14 November - Nicholas Schenck, Russian-born American film studio executive
Deaths
- - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher.
- - Alexander II of Russia, Emperor of Russia.
- - Modest Mussorgsky, composer
- - Nikolay Pirogov, scientist and doctor (b. 1810