1894 in Russia
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Events happened in 1894 in Russia.
Incumbents
- Monarch â Alexander III (until 1 November); Nicholas II (starting 1 November)
Births
- March 30 â Nikolai Barabashov, Ukrainian astronomer. (d. 1971)
- April 15 â Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. (d. 1971)
- August 26 â Maksim Purkayev, Soviet general (d. 1953)
Deaths
- Alexander III, monarch (born 1845)
- Nadezhda von Meck, patron of Peter Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)
References
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