1769 in Russia

This is a list of notable events from the year 1769 in Russia.

Incumbents

Events

  • Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russian forces take the Ottoman fortress of Chocim in Bukovina.

Birth

  • Aleksey Arakcheyev, Russian general
  • Ekaterina Feodorovna Baryatinskaya-Dolgorukova, Russian court official
  • Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov, Russian infantry commander
  • Georgiy Evseevich Eristov, Russian nobleman
  • Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general
  • Boris Vladimirovich Golitsyn, Russian aristocrat

Death

  • Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet
  • Stepan Glotov, Russian navigator

References

  1. ^ Russian: Екатерина Великая, romanized: Yekaterina Velikaya.