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1768 in Russia
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Events from the year 1768 in Russia
Incumbents
Monarch – Catherine II
Events
Russo-Turkish War (1768–74)
Catherine II was inoculated against smallpox, setting an example for her subjects and marking an important moment in Russian medical history.Chorba Terence Esparza José September 21, 2022 A Head of State Leading by Example https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/10/AC-2810_article.htm Emerging Infectious Diseases 28 10 2141–2143 10.3201/eid2810.AC2810 1080-6040 9514359
Catherine II founded assignation banks, paving the way for Russia’s first paper money.Security Check https://www.prlib.ru/challenge-en.html?redirect=/en/history/618930 2026-05-05 www.prlib.ru
Births
Vera Zavadovskaya, courtier (d. 1845)
Avdotya Vorobyeva
Deaths
October 2015
1768 – Ivan Barkov, Russian poet and translator (b. 1732)
References
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