1769 in Russia
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This is a list of notable events from the year 1769 in Russia.
Incumbents
Events
- Russo-Turkish War (1768â74): Russian forces take the Ottoman fortress of Chocim in Bukovina.
Birth
- Aleksey Arakcheyev, Russian general
- Ekaterina Feodorovna Baryatinskaya-Dolgorukova, Russian court official
- Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov, Russian infantry commander
- Georgiy Evseevich Eristov, Russian nobleman
- Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general
- Boris Vladimirovich Golitsyn, Russian aristocrat
Death
- Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet
- Stepan Glotov, Russian navigator