1754 in Russia
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Events from the year 1754 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
- Construction of Anichkov Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia[1]
- Construction of Transfiguration Cathedral (Saint Petersburg)[2]
- Construction of the city Oleksandriia in Kirovohrad Oblast
- Founding of the town Nizhnyaya Tura in the Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Decree abolishing internal customs (Elizabeth Romanova, decree ending in 1762[3])
Births
- Unknown date â Alexandra Branitskaya, political activist, courtier and businessperson (d. 1838)[citation needed]
- 16 June â Salawat Yulayev, Bashkir poet and leader of Pugachev Rebellion against the Russian empire[4]
- 29 June â Ivan Nikolajevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian courtier and lover of Catherine the Great[citation needed]
- October 1 (20 September O.S.) â Paul I of Russia (also known as Pavel Petrovich), Tsar of Russia until his death in 1801[5]
Deaths
- Unknown date â Maria Cantemir, Romanian noblewoman, Princess of Moldova, mistress of Peter the Great (who was the Emperor of Russia) aged 53â54 (b. 1700)[citation needed]
