1852 in Russia
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Events from the year 1852 in Russia
Incumbents
- Monarch â Nicholas I
Events
- February 17, Hermitage Museum was opened to public in Saint Petersburg that is designed by Nikolay Yefimov and Vasily Stasov.[1]
- The second phase of the Onega Canal construction was completed [2]
- Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia[3]
- The first telegraph station was opened in October 1. Marking the transition from Optical telegraph to Electrical telegraph.[4]
Births
- Vera Figner, Russian political activist, (d.1942)[citation needed]
- Nikolay Garin-Mikhaylovsky, Russian writer and engineer, (d.1906)[5]
- Walter Winans, Russian gold metalist for shooting, (d. 1920)[6]
- Alexey Kuropatkin, Russian Imperial Minister of War, (d. 1925)[7]
- Dmitry Anuchin, Russian anthropologist and ethnographist (d.1923)[8]
Deaths
- Nikolai Gogol a major Russian writer died in February 1852.[9]
- Vasily Zhukovsy a poet and translator.[10]
- Fabian Gottlieb a Russian Admiral, cartographer and explorer died in January 1852.[11]
- Karn Bryullov a famous Russian painter.[12]
