1896 in Russia

none 1896 Events from the year 1896 in Russia. Incumbents Monarch – Nicholas II Events July 2016 1896 World Figure Skating Championships All-Russia Exhibition 1896 Khodynka Tragedy Ādolfs Alunāns Theatre Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II Births January 2 – Dziga Vertov, filmmaker (d. 1954). April 15 – Nikolay Semyonov, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986). June 29 – Boris Podolsky, physicist (d. 1966). August 9 – Léonide Massine, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1979). August 27 – Leon Theremin, inventor (d. 1993). October 17 – Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (d. 1978). November 17 – Lev Vygotsky, psychologist (d. 1934). December 1 – Georgi Zhukov, military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1974). December 12 – Vasily Gordov, general (d. 1950). Deaths July 2016 13 October – Alexander Theodorowicz Batalin, botanist (b. 1847) References 1896 1896 Category:1896 in the Russian Empire Category:Years of the 19th century in the Russian Empire Category:1896 by country Category:1896 in Europe Category:1896 in Asia Category:1890s in the Russian Empire