1809 in Russia

none August 2026 in Russia thumb|"View and Map of the Affair at Ratan, of August 20, 1809" by Carl Gustaf Gillberg, 1809 Events from the year 1809 in Russia. Incumbents Monarch – Alexander Ihttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-I-emperor-of-Russia Alexander I Encyclopædia Britannica 1 August 2026 Events Russo-Circassian War November 7 - Raid on Kamennobrodskoye Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) April 8 - September 4 - Campaign of Dobruja April 20 - May 2 - Siege of Brăila September 4 - Battle of Rassowa October 21 - Battle of Tataritsa Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) Finnish War (1808-1809) March 10–21 - Åland Offensive March 20–22 - Crossing the Gulf of Bothnia March 25 - Capitulation of Kalix May 15 - Battle of Skellefteå July 5 - Battle of Hörnefors August 19 - Battle of Sävar August 20 - Battle of Ratan August 25 - Battle of Piteå September 17 - Treaty of Fredrikshamn - Sweden cedes Finland to Russia Chekhov Gymnasium founded Diet of Porvoo - May to July - Finnish legislative assembly establishes Russian-controlled Grand Duchy of Finland Church of the Transfiguration, Yekaterinburg consecrated Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland separates from the Swedish Lutheran church Kagalnitskaya stanitsa founded Minister–Secretary of State for Finland - office established Russian Empire–United States relations - Russia and the United States establish official relations St. Petersburg State Transport University founded Births thumb|Konstantin Makovsky Nikolay-Muravyov-Amursky 1863 Khachatur Abovian (disappeared 1848) - Armenian writer, scientist, educator, and modernizer Konstantin Mikhailovich Bazili (d. 1884) - historian and orientalist Nikolai Gogol (d. 1852) - Ukrainian-born writer and playwright Nikolai Ilyin (d. 1890) - founder of the apocalyptic Yehowist sect Aleksey Koltsov (d. 1842) - poet and folklorist Fyodor Koni (d. 1879) - dramatist, theatre critic, writer and editor Nestor Kukolnik (d. 1868) - playwright and writer of Rusyn origin Malbim (d. 1879) - rabbi and bible commentator, born in Volhynia in the Pale of Settlement Nikolay Motovilov (d. 1879) - biographer of Saint Seraphim of Sarov Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky (d. 1881) - general, statesman, pushed Russian expansion in Amur valley Nadezhda Repina (d. 1867) - actress and singer Javad khan Shirvanski (d. ?) - Azerbaijani noble and Russian general Alexandra Smirnova (d. 1882) - Imperial Russian lady-in-waiting and memoirist Feofil Tolstoy (d. 1881) - composer, music critic, and writer Vasily Zavoyko (d. 1898) - admiral, governor of Kamchatka Deaths thumb|Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev Yakov Bulgakov (b. 1743) - diplomat Vasily Chichagov (b. 1726) - admiral and explorer Mikhail Kamensky (b. 1738) - general Heraclius Lisovsky (b. 1734) - Ruthenian Uniate bishop and church administrator Alexander Prozorovsky (b. 1733) - nobleman, general, and administrator Nikolai Sheremetev (b. 1751) - nobleman, administrator, actor, and theater owner Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (b. 1740) - Hasidic rabbi and writer References 1809 1809 Category:1809 in the Russian Empire Category:Years of the 19th century in the Russian Empire Category:1809 by country