1771 in Russia

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Plague Riot in Moscow, 1771

Events from the year 1771 in Russia

Incumbents

• Monarch – Catherine II

Events

• Moscow plague riot of 1771 ^[1]
• Pyatnitskoye cemetery ^[2]

Births

• 12 October [ O.S. 1 October] 1771 - Count Mikhail Miloradovich, Russian general of Serbian origin, prominent during the Napoleonic Wars. (d. 1825) ^[3]

Deaths

• 29 April - Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Italian architect who worked mainly in Russia. (b. 1700) ^[4]

References

1. Paert, Irina (2004). "Penance and the Priestless Old Believers in Modern Russia, 1771–c.1850" . Studies in Church History . 40: 278–290. doi:10.1017/S042420840000293X. ISSN   0424-2084. S2CID   155833298.
2. Smale, Alison (August 31, 1985). "Caring for graveyards part of Russian Life". Lawrence Journal-World. Moscow. AP. p. 10.
3. "Birthday Anniversary of Mikhail A. Miloradovich, Russian Military Man and Statesman". Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
4. "Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli". saint-petersburg.com/. Archived from the original on August 29, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

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