1902 in Russia

← 1901 1900 1899 1902 in Russia → 1903 1904 1905
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	History of Russia Timeline of Russian history List of years in Russia

Events from the year 1902 in Russia .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Nicholas II

Events

• 1 July - The Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding opens in Mykolayiv, Ukraine, under the name of Mykolayiv Industrial Technical School.
• July - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia is created a Knight of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, during the latter's visit to Russia. ^[1]
• 29 August - Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia is married to her second cousin Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark. ^[2]
• November - The periodical Novy Put is launched in Saint Petersburg by Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Zinaida Gippius. ^[3]
• December - The Russian News Agency TASS begins life as the Commercial Telegraph Agency (TTA, Torgovo-Telegrafnoe Agentstvo). ^[4]

Births

• 8 January - Georgy Malenkov, Leader of the Soviet Union in 1953 (died 1988)
• 21 May - Anatole Litvak, filmmaker (died 1974)
• 11 October - Yitzhak Yitzhaky, Slovenian-born Israeli politician (died 1955)

Deaths

• 2 January - Prince Balakishi Arablinski, Azerbaijani general in the Russian Imperial Army (born 1828)
• June - Isaac Andreyevich Chatzkin, Russian-Jewish physician (born 1832)

References

1. "Latest intelligence - Italy and Russia". The Times. No. 36823. London. 18 July 1902. p. 3.
2. Zeepvat, Charlotte, The Camera and the Tsars: A Romanov Family Album, Sutton Publishing, 2004, p. 99
3. "Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky". Russian Biographical Dictionary. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
4. "Russia #Media Organisations". Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2017-03-05.

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