1776 in Russia
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Events from the year 1776 in the Russian Empire
Incumbents
- Monarch â Catherine the Great
Events
- 22 July â Empress Catherine the Great issues a revised Instruction (Nakaz), refining Enlightenment-inspired proposals for Russiaâs legal code.[1]
- August â Establishment of the Novgorod Viceroyalty, subdivided into Novgorod and Olonets oblasts, as part of Catherineâs administrative reforms.[2]
- November â Russian troops intervene in the Crimean Khanate, enforcing Catherineâs decision to install Åahin Giray as khan.[3]
- Expansion of the Russian Assignation Bank network, with a new branch established in Tobolsk to extend circulation of paper rubles.[4]
- Further implementation of Catherineâs vice-regal reforms, aimed at centralising governance across the empire.[5]
- Russia maintains formal neutrality in the American Revolutionary War, rejecting British requests for troops.[6]
Births
- No verifiable records of culturally significant births directly tied to Russia in 1776.
Deaths
- 15 March â Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (1755â1776), first wife of the future Emperor Paul I.[7]
- Anna Vorontsova (date uncertain), member of the prominent Vorontsov noble family.[8]
