1903 in Russia
Events from the year 1903 in Russia.
Incumbents
Events
- 14 January - Opening of Hotel National, Moscow
- dates unknown
- 19-21 April - the 49 Jews are killed in the Kishinev Pogrom
- Chernoe Znamia
- Estonian Chess Championship
- Kharovsk
- Klavdiievo-Tarasove
- Mensheviks
- Rahumäe cemetery
- Ševčík-Lhotský Quartet
- Zimin Opera
- ongoing - Central Committee compositions elected by the 1st–3rd congresses of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
Births
- 12 January - Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist
- 17 April - Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-born American cellist
- 6 June - Aram Khachaturian, Soviet-Armenian composer
- 11 July - Rudolf Abel, Anglo-Russian Soviet intelligence officer
- 25 September – Mark Rothko, Russian-American abstract artist
- 1 October – Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist
- 4 December – Lazar Lagin, Russian writer
Deaths
- 22 May – Dmitry Gamov, Russian general and explorer