1758 in Russia

Events from 1758 in Russia

Incumbents

• Monarch – Elizabeth

Events

• January 22 – Seven Years' War – 34,000 Russian soldiers capture Königsberg in East Prussia (modern-day Kaliningrad).
• February 14 – Vice Chancellor Aleksey Bestuzhev-Ryumin was removed from office.
• August 25 – Seven Years' War – Wilhelm Fermor's troops are defeated by Frederick near the Oder during the Battle of Zorndorf.
• Seven Years' War – Russia made a failed attempt to take Kolberg in Pomerania (modern-day Kołobrzeg, Poland).

Births

• Euphrosinia Kolyupanovskaya, courtier (d. 1855)
• Ekaterina Orlova (courtier), courtier (d. 1781)

Deaths

• August 17 – Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin, Russian soldier (b. 1702)
• September 5 – Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov, Russian chemist (b. c. 1720)

References

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1. Redman, Herbert. Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War, 1756-1763. p. 191.
2. Rounding, Virginia (2006). Catherine the Great: Love, Sex and Power. London. ISBN   0-09-179992-9.
3. Szabo, Franz A.J. (2007). The Seven Years' War in Europe 1756–1763. Routledge. ISBN   978-0-582-29272-7.