1761 in Russia

none August 2026 in Russia Events from the year 1761 in Russia Incumbents Monarch – Elizabeth Events 1 April — The Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire sign a treaty of alliance. 16 December — Under the leadership of Pyotr Rumyantsev, Russian forces besiege and take control of the Prussian city of Kolberg during the Seven Years' War. Births Apollon Aleksandrovich Maykov, poet (d.1838) Yekaterina Sinyavina, composer (d.1784) Yekaterina von Engelhardt, noblewoman (d.1829) Yelizaveta Palmenbach, pedagogue (d.1832) 19 July ― Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov, experimental physicist (d.1834) 16 August ― Yevstigney Fomin, opera composer (d.1800) 19 August ― Andreyan Zakharov, architect (d.1811) 27 September ― Karl Gustav von Baggovut, military leader (d.1812) December — Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, military leader (d.1818) Deaths Ivan Vishnyakov, painter (b.1699)https://rusmuseumvrm.ru/reference/classifier/author/vishnyakov_iya/index.php?lang=en VISHNYAKOV Ivan Yakovlevich Виртуальный Русский музей 22 August 2026 References 1761 1761 Category:1761 in the Russian Empire Category:Years of the 18th century in the Russian Empire Category:1761 by country