1787 in Russia

none August 2026 in Russia thumb|right|300px|A night illumination in honor of Catherine the Great on the Dnieper River Events from the year 1787 in Russia Incumbents Monarch – Catherine IIhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-the-Great Catherine the Great Encyclopædia Britannica 1 August 2026 Events Black Sea Cossack Host formed Crimean journey of Catherine the Great Russo-Turkish War (1787–92) begins Battle of Kinburn (1787) Lomonosov Bridge completed in Saint Petersburg Births Alexander Alyabyev – composer Grigol Bagration of Mukhrani – Georgian nobleman, Russian officer Konstantin Batyushkov – poet, essayist, and translator Jean Armand de Lestocq – French doctor, adventurer, and courtier Alexander Ivanovich Dmitriev-Mamonov – general and painter of battle scenes Nikolay Gretsch – writer, grammarian, and journalist Semyon Korsakov – homeopath and inventor Michael Lunin – political philosopher, revolutionary Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov – nobleman, general, government official Ivan Nabokov – general Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov – general, diplomat, and statesman Antony Pogorelsky – writer Alexandr Mikhailovich Potemkin – nobleman and soldier, patron of the Holy Mountains Lavra monastery Nymphodora Semenova – opera singer Aleksei Sokolov – priest who lived in Russian Alaska Pavel Svinyin – writer, painter, editor Aleksandr Vitberg – architect Otto von Kotzebue – navy captain, explorer Maksim Vorobyov – landscape painter Yekaterina Yezhova – actress and socialite Deaths Alexei Antonovich of Brunswick – member of the royal family Alexei Turchaninov – businessman References 1787 1787 Category:1787 in the Russian Empire Category:Years of the 18th century in the Russian Empire Category:1787 by country