1779 in Russia
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Events from the year 1779 in Russia
Incumbents
- Monarch â Catherine II
Events
- Pavlograd founded, Lipetsk and Sergach granted town status.
- Seven Months War
- Treaty of Aynalikavak
- Russia and France acted as diplomatic intermediaries to end War of the Bavarian Succession.[1]
Births
- 2 February - Maria Naryshkina, mistress of Alexander I of Russia
Deaths
- 13 April - Grigory Teplov, philosopher (born 1717)
- 25 September - Ekaterina Chernysheva, courtier (born 1715)
