1896 in Russia
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Events from the year 1896 in Russia.
Incumbents
- Monarch â Nicholas II
Events
- 1896 World Figure Skating Championships
- All-Russia Exhibition 1896
- Khodynka Tragedy
- Ädolfs AlunÄns Theatre
- Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II
Births
- January 2 â Dziga Vertov, filmmaker (d. 1954).
- April 15 â Nikolay Semyonov, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986).
- June 29 â Boris Podolsky, physicist (d. 1966).
- August 9 â Léonide Massine, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1979).
- August 27 â Leon Theremin, inventor (d. 1993).
- October 17 â Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (d. 1978).
- November 17 â Lev Vygotsky, psychologist (d. 1934).
- December 1 â Georgi Zhukov, military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1974).
- December 12 â Vasily Gordov, general (d. 1950).
Deaths
- 13 October â Alexander Theodorowicz Batalin, botanist (b. 1847)
References
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