1860 in Russia

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Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s
See also:	History of Russia Timeline of Russian history List of years in Russia

Events from the year 1860 in Russia

Incumbents

• Monarch – Alexander II

Events

• Founding of the Moscow School for the Deaf ^[1]
• Founding of Vladivostok
• Convention of Beijing
• St. Petersburg River Yacht Club
• Rēzekne I–Daugavpils Railway
• Dmitry Milyutin was appointed deputy war minister
• Circassian Majlis
• State Bank of the Russian Empire

Births

• 29 January [ O.S. 17 January] 1860 - Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer. (d. 1904) ^[2]
• 1 April 1860 - Sergey Reformatsky, Russian chemist. (d. 1934) ^[3]
• 22 May 1860 - Mikhail Grigoryevich Pervushin (ru), Russian Imperial Army general-major, commander of the 1st Nevsky Infantry Regiment. (d. 1917) ^[4]
• 14 July 1860 - Vasily Velichko, Russian dramatist, poet, editor, theatre critic, publicist, political activist. (d. 1904)
• 28 July 1860 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, member of the House of Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. (d. 1922) ^[5]
• 30 August [ O.S. 18 August] 1860 - Isaac Levitan, Russian painter. (d.1900) ^[6]
• 27 November 1860 - Victor Ewald, Russian engineer, architect, composer. (d. 1935) ^[7]
• 23 December [ O.S. 11 December] 1860 - Nikolai Ottovich von Essen, Russian admiral. (d. 1915) ^[8]

Deaths

• 18 February [ O.S. 6 February] 1860 - Yakov Rostovtsev, Russian general, reformer and principal drafter of the 1861 Emancipation reform. (b. 1804) ^[9]
• 5 October [ O.S. 23 September] 1860 - Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian theologian, philosopher, poet and amateur artist who co-founded the Slavophile movement. (b. 1804) ^[10]
• 1 November 1860 - Alexandra Feodorovna, Princess Charlotte of Prussia and Empress of Russia. (b. 1798)

References

1. "Ivan Karlovich Arnold | Impressionist Painter, Art Critic & Educator | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
2. Hingley, Ronald. "Anton Chekhov | Russian author". ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
3. Reformatskii, Sergei Nikolaevich
4. "Михаил Григорьевич Первушин – забытый герой Первой мировой войны". SmolBattle (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-07-19.
5. Scott (2018-02-08). "Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Unofficial Royalty" . Retrieved 2025-07-19.
6. "Russian Art: Isaak Levitan (1860-1900)". russianartgallery.org. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
7. "Recordings by Victor Ewald | Now available to stream and purchase at Naxos". www.naxos.com. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
8. "First World War.com - Who's Who - Nikolai von Essen". www.firstworldwar.com. Archived from the original on 2025-02-12. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
9. "PANLOG: ROSTOVTSEV Iakov Ivanovich 1804-1860". panlog.com. Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
10. Zernov, Nicolas. "Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov | Russian poet and theologian". ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA. Archived from the original on 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-04-02.

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