1848 in Russia
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Events from the year 1848 in Russia
Incumbents
- Monarch â Nicholas I
Events
- Nicholas I invades the Danubian principalities.[1]
- Nicholas I sets up a secret committee to intensify censorship of the press.[2]
- Russia, despite being largely unaffected by the revolutions of 1848, sends armies to aid the Habsburgs in the Hungarian revolution of 1848.[3][4]
- Russia suffers major disasters such as a major cholera epidemic, a bad harvest, and an increase in fires due to weather.
Births
- January 25 â Ekaterina Vazem, Russian ballet dancer, teacher
- April 7 â Anna Brenko, Russian actress, director, playwright, theater worker
Deaths
- 7 June â Vissarion Belinsky, Russian literary critic (born 1811)
