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1759 in Russia
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in Russia
Events from the year 1759 in Russia
thumb|right|By Louis Tocqué
Incumbents
Monarch – Elizabeth
Events
Page Corps military academy founded in Saint Petersburg
May 10 – The Macedonian Hussar Regiment is formed and starts to assist the Russian Empire in the Seven Years' War.
August 12 – Battle of Kunersdorf: Frederick the Great is rebuffed in bloody assaults, by the combined Austro–Russian army of Pyotr Saltykov and Ernst von Laudon. This is one of Frederick's greatest defeats. Otto Hoetzsch Otto Hoetzsch trans. Rhys Evans The Evolution of Russia Thames and Hudson 1966 London 93
Births
Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg, empress of Paul I of Russia (d. 1828)
References
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