1904 in Russia

none 1904 Events from the year 1904 in Russia. Incumbents Monarch – Nicholas II Chairman of the Committee of Ministers - Sergei Witte Events October 2015 9 February – Battle of Chemulpo Bay: a naval engagement at Chemulpo Bay in Korea between Russian and Japanese forces at the start of the Russo-Japanese War.Jukes, Geoffrey. The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905. Osprey Publishing, 2002. Battle of Liaoyang Battle of Port Arthur 1904 Moscow tornado 8 February – The Russo-Japanese War begins with a surprise Japanese attack on Port Arthur.Jukes, Geoffrey. The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905. Osprey Publishing, 2002. Siege of Port Arthur Births October 2015 22 January George Balanchine, Russian-born American choreographer (died 1983)Kisselgoff Anna Anna Kisselgoff George Balanchine, 79, Dies in New York The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/01/obituaries/george-balanchine-79-dies-in-new-york.html 1 May 1983 1 15 December 2021 December 15, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211215122316/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/01/obituaries/george-balanchine-79-dies-in-new-york.html live Arkady Gaidar, children's writer (died 1941)Gaidar, A.P. http://www.sovlit.net/bios/gaidar.html Encyclopedia of Soviet Writers SovLit.net 2012 15 December 2021 February 25, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210225182623/http://www.sovlit.net/bios/gaidar.html live 2 February – Valery Chkalov, Soviet test pilot (died 1938)http://history-gatchina.ru/article/chkalov3 Валерий Чкалов – человек и герой Valery Chkalov – a man and a hero Исторический журнал "Гатчина сквозь столетия" ru 25 December 2021 November 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161118041432/http://history-gatchina.ru/article/chkalov3 live 21 February – Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1980)Guerrier Steven W. Mukhina Irina Kosygin, Alexei https://books.google.com/books?id=YAd8efHdVzIC&q=Alexei%2520Nikolayevich%2520Kosygin&pg=PA591 The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Political, Social, and Military History Tucker Spencer C. Spencer C. Tucker Roberts Priscilla Santa Barbara, California, Denver, Colorado, Oxford, England ABC-CLIO 2008 591 978-1-85109-842-2 26 December 2021 Google Books 4 March – George Gamow, Ukrainian-born American physicist (died 1968)The Distinguished Life and Career of George Gamow https://www.colorado.edu/physics/events/outreach/george-gamow-memorial-lecture-series/distinguished-life-and-career-george-gamow University of Colorado Boulder 11 May 2016 Physics Regents of the University of Colorado 16 January 2022 May 28, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230528173448/https://www.colorado.edu/physics/events/outreach/george-gamow-memorial-lecture-series/distinguished-life-and-career-george-gamow live 1 April – Nikolai Berzarin, Soviet general (died 1945)Berliner Zeitung de http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2002/0506/berlin/0026/index.html Ingeborg Ruthe Jan Thomsen Nikolai Bersarin kann noch immer nicht Ehrenbürger Berlins werden: Senat scheut neuen Namensstreit Nikolai Bersarin is still unable to become an honorary citizen of Berlin: the Senate is afraid of a new name dispute 6 May 2002 https://archive.today/20120729014028/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2002/0506/berlin/0026/index.html 29 July 2012 17 February 2022 6 May – Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born Israeli engineer (died 1984)https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2015-07-01/ty-article/.premium/1984-the-father-of-feldenkrais-dies/0000017f-ef7b-d8a1-a5ff-fffbec010000 Green David B. This Day in Jewish History 1984: The father of Feldenkrais dies Haaretz Jewish World 1 July 2015 10 March 2022 March 10, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220310070623/https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1984-the-father-of-feldenkrais-dies-1.5374676 live 10 July - Haim Ben-Asher, Russian-born Israeli politician (died 1998)https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/MK/APPS/mk/mk-personal-details/296 Chaim Ben-Asher The Knesset All Past and Present MKs The State of Israel 15 December 2022 24 July – Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, Soviet admiral (died 1974)http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16675061w Notice de personne "Kouznetsov, Nikolaï Guerassimovitch (1904-1974)" Person notice "Kouznetsov, Nikolaï Guerassimovitch (1904-1974)" Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 4 April 2013 16 December 2022 28 July – Pavel Cherenkov, Soviet physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)Pavel A. Cherenkov – Facts NobelPrize.org Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2022 4 December 2022 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1958/cerenkov/facts/ October 4, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191004023924/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1958/cerenkov/facts/ live 12 August - Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (died 1918) 16 December – Banat Batyrova (1904–1970), farmer (died 1970)Батырова Банат Хайрулловна Bashkir Encyclopedia https://bashenc.online/ru/articles/83516/ 26 July 2026 Karimova I.G. 18 October 2019 ru Banat Khairullovna Batyrova Deaths October 2015 15 July 1904 2 July - Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer. (b. 1860)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anton-Chekhov Anton Chekhov Hingley Ronald ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA live https://web.archive.org/web/20190825072125/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anton-Chekhov 25 August 2019 12 December 1904 29 November - Emanuel Schiffers, Russian chess player (b. 1850) Maria A. Neidgardt, courtier (b. 1831) References 1904 1904 Category:1900s in the Russian Empire Category:Years of the 20th century in the Russian Empire Category:1904 in Europe Category:1904 in Asia