1782 in Russia

none August 2026 in Russia Events from the year 1782 in Russia Incumbents Monarch – Catherine IIhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-the-Great Catherine the Great Encyclopædia Britannica 1 August 2026 Events thumb|The Bronze Horseman (St. Petersburg, Russia) Bronze Horseman, sculpture of Peter the Great, unveiled in St. Petersburg Greek Church and Greek School (Taganrog) - church consecrated The Minor (Fonvizin play) first performed Order of Saint Vladimir established Siberia Governorate, Orenburg Governorate, and others dissolved as part of a general administrative reorganization Births Stepan Andreyevskiy - general Constantine IV, Prince of Mukhrani - Georgian nobleman, Russian general Philaret Drozdov - Russian Orthodox Metropolitan of Moscow Yevgeny Golovin - general Afanasy Grigoriev - architect Pyotr Kotlyarevsky - hero of the Russo-Turkish War and Russo-Persian War Vasili Krasovsky - writer Orest Kiprensky - portrait artist Yakov Kolokolnikov-Voronin - artist Valerian Madatov - Armenian prince, Russian general Pavel Martynov - general Ivan Paskevich - general Konstantin Poltoratsky - general Sophie Swetchine - mystic Prince Teimuraz of Georgia - scholar and historian Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy - nobleman and traveller Georg Andreas von Rosen - general Ferdinand von Tiesenhausen - nobleman and soldier Alexander Varnek - portrait artist Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov - general Deaths Elizabeth Antonovna of Brunswick - member of the Russian royal family Vasily Dolgorukov-Krymsky - general and Governor-General of Moscow Vasily Neyolov - architect References 1782 1782 Category:1782 in the Russian Empire Category:Years of the 18th century in the Russian Empire Category:1782 by country