1789 in Russia

none August 2026 in Russia Events from the year 1789 in Russia Incumbents Monarch – Catherine IIhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-the-Great Catherine the Great Encyclopædia Britannica 1 August 2026 Events Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) June 13 - Battle of Porrassalmi July 26 - Battle of Öland (1789) August 24 - Battle of Svensksund (1789) September 30 - Battle of Elgsö Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) August 1 - Battle of Focșani September 22 - Battle of Rymnik Kirov Plant (factory) established Mykolaiv (city) founded Moscow Gostiny Dvor shopping mall rebuilt St. Vladimir's Cathedral (St. Petersburg) Tauride Palace built Births Thaddeus Bulgarin - writer and publisher Prince Constantine of Imereti (1789–1844) - Georgian prince, general in Russian service Johann Cornies - Prussian Mennonite settler and agricultural reformer Pavel Gagarin - statesman Fedor Mirkovich - general Dmitri Osten-Sacken - Baltic German/Russian general Maria Szymanowska - Polish composer and pianist who settled in St. Petersburg Mikhail Tikhanov - artist Nikolay Turgenev - economist and political theorist Deaths Nikita Akinfiyevich Demidov, industrialist, landowner, scientist Semyon Desnitsky, legal scholar References 1789 1789 Category:1789 in the Russian Empire Category:Years of the 18th century in the Russian Empire Category:1789 by country