1722 in Russia

Events from the year 1722 in Russia

Incumbents

• Monarch – Peter I

Events

• 7 August [ O.S. 27 July] 1722: The Russo-Persian War begins. ^{[1] [2]}

Births

• Anna Matyushkina, courtier (d. 1804)
• Anna Vorontsova
• Paisius Velichkovsky ^[3]
• Alexander Glebov

Deaths

• Stefan Yavorsky
• solomondia timofeevna Dubrovskaya was a wife of Pyotr Andreyevich a Russian statesman and diplomat.

References

1. "Persian Campaign of Peter the Great". История россии. Archived from the original on 2017-06-08.
2. Nikiforov, Leonid. "Peter I EMPEROR OF RUSSIA - The Persian campaign (1722–23)". Encyclopædia Britannica.
3. "Venerable Paisios Velichkovsky". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2026-01-17.

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