1777 in Russia

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This is a list of notable events from the year 1777 in Russia.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Catherine II

Events

• Pavlovsk was founded.^[1]
• Rybnaya sloboda was renamed Rybinsk.^[2]
• Stavropol was founded.
• Russo-Prussian Alliance was extended.^[3]
• Beloozero was renamed Belozersk.^[4]

Births

• Alexander I of Russia, Emperor of Russia^[5]
• Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, a Russian monk^[6]
• Alexander Bashilov, a Russian general^[7]
• Peter Petrovich Dolgorukov, Russian officer^[8]
• Anna Lopukhina, Russian imperial mistress^[9]
• Karl Wilhelm von Toll, Russian military leader

Deaths

• Alexander Sumarokov, Russian poet^[10]

References

1. "Pavlovsk | Imperial Palace, Park, Catherine II | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
2. "Rybinsk | Volga River, Yaroslavl, Shipbuilding | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
3. Wess Mitchell, A. (2019-10-01). The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-19644-2.
4. "Вологодская энциклопедия" (PDF).
5. "Alexander I | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
6. "Bichurin, Iakinf | BDCC". bdcconline.net. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
7. Russian Commanders of the Napoleonic Wars: Leopold I of Belgium, Alexander I of Russia, Pyotr Bagration, Tolstoy. General Books. May 2010. ISBN 978-1-155-59720-1.
8. Шенкман, Григорий (2008). Они родились в 1777 году (in Russian). Алетейя. ISBN 978-5-91419-093-1.
9. Wortman, Richard S. (2006). Scenarios of Power: Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarchy from Peter the Great to the Abdication of Nicholas II (New Abridged One-Volume Paperback ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12374-5. JSTOR j.ctt4cgc44.
10. Riasanovsky, Nicholas Valentine (2000). A History of Russia. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512179-7.

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