1904 in Russia

← 1903 1902 1901 1904 in Russia → 1905 1906 1907
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	History of Russia Timeline of Russian history List of years in Russia

Events from the year 1904 in Russia .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Nicholas II
• Chairman of the Committee of Ministers - Sergei Witte

Events

• Battle of Chemulpo Bay
• Battle of Liaoyang
• Battle of Port Arthur
• 1904 Moscow tornado
• Russo-Japanese War
• Siege of Port Arthur

Births

• 22 January
  • George Balanchine, Russian-born American choreographer (died 1983) ^[1]
  • Arkady Gaidar, children's writer (died 1941) ^[2]
• 2 February – Valery Chkalov, Soviet test pilot (died 1938) ^[3]
• 21 February – Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1980) ^[4]
• 4 March – George Gamow, Ukrainian-born American physicist (died 1968) ^[5]
• 1 April – Nikolai Berzarin, Soviet general (died 1945) ^[6]
• 6 May – Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born Israeli engineer (died 1984) ^[7]
• 10 July - Haim Ben-Asher, Russian-born Israeli politician (died 1998) ^[8]
• 24 July – Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, Soviet admiral (died 1974) ^[9]
• 28 July – Pavel Cherenkov, Soviet physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990) ^[10]
• 12 August - Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (died 1918)

Deaths

• 15 July [ O.S. 2 July] 1904 - Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer. (b. 1860) ^[11]
• 12 December [ O.S. 29 November] 1904 - Emanuel Schiffers, Russian chess player (b. 1850)
• Maria A. Neidgardt, courtier (b. 1831)

References

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2. "Gaidar, A.P.". Encyclopedia of Soviet Writers. SovLit.net. 2012. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
3. "Валерий Чкалов – человек и герой" [Valery Chkalov – a man and a hero]. Исторический журнал "Гатчина сквозь столетия" (in Russian). Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
4. Guerrier, Steven W.; Mukhina, Irina (2008). "Kosygin, Alexei". In Tucker, Spencer C.; Roberts, Priscilla (eds.). The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Political, Social, and Military History. Santa Barbara, California, Denver, Colorado, Oxford, England: ABC-CLIO. p. 591. ISBN   978-1-85109-842-2 . Retrieved 26 December 2021– via Google Books.
5. "The Distinguished Life and Career of George Gamow". Physics. University of Colorado Boulder . Regents of the University of Colorado. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
6. Ruthe, Ingeborg; Thomsen, Jan (6 May 2002). "Nikolai Bersarin kann noch immer nicht Ehrenbürger Berlins werden: Senat scheut neuen Namensstreit" [Nikolai Bersarin is still unable to become an honorary citizen of Berlin: the Senate is afraid of a new name dispute]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
7. Green, David B. (1 July 2015). "This Day in Jewish History | 1984: The father of Feldenkrais dies". Jewish World. Haaretz . Archived from the original on March 10, 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
8. "Chaim Ben-Asher". All Past and Present MKs. The Knesset . The State of Israel . Retrieved 15 December 2022.
9. Notice de personne "Kouznetsov, Nikolaï Guerassimovitch (1904-1974)" [Person notice "Kouznetsov, Nikolaï Guerassimovitch (1904-1974)"] (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
10. "Pavel A. Cherenkov – Facts". NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB. 2022. Archived from the original on October 4, 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
11. Hingley, Ronald. "Anton Chekhov". ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019.

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