1897 in Russia
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Events from 1897 in Russia.
Incumbents
- Monarch â Nicholas II
Events
Births
- February 25 â Mikhail Krichevsky, Ukrainian unverified supercentenarian, last Imperial Russian Army veteran of WWI (d. 2008)
- June 7 â Kirill Meretskov, Soviet military officer, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1968)
- June 10 â Tatiana Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia (d. 1918)[1]
- July 7 â Mikhail Kovalyov, Soviet Army colonel-general (d. 1967)
- October 8 â Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-born American film, theatre director (d. 1987)
- November 4 â Dmitry Pavlov, Soviet general (d. 1941)
