1731 in Russia
Incumbents
- Monarch – Anna{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anna-empress-of-Russia|title=Anna empress of Russia|website=Encyclopaedia Britannica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821232526/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anna-empress-of-Russia|archive-date=2019-08-21}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.saint-petersburg.com/royal-family/anna-ioannovna/|title=Biography of Empress Anna of Russia|website=Saint-Petersburg.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821232855/http://www.saint-petersburg.com/royal-family/anna-ioannovna/|archive-date=2019-08-21}}
Events
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- 19 February – Empress Anna Ioannovna signed a decree accepting the Young Horde of the Kazakh Khanate under Russian protection. This act marked the beginning of Kazakhstan's gradual integration into the Russian Empire.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-19 |title=Beginning of accession of Kazakhstan to the Russian Empire |url=https://e-history.kz/en/history-of-kazakhstan/show/9565 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Portal "History of Kazakhstan" - everything about Kazakhstan |language=en}}
- The Corps of Cadets is founded to provide military education and training.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-12 |title=Russia - Peter's Reforms, Tsars, Expansion {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Russia/Peter-Is-successors-1725-62 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}
- The Ladoga Canal, connecting the Volga River to the Baltic Sea, is completed.{{Cite web |title=White Sea–Baltic Canal {{!}} Soviet, Stalin & Construction {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/White-Sea-Baltic-Canal |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}
- 10 May - Pacific Fleet is established as part of the Imperial Russian Navy{{Cite web |title=History : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation |url=https://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/navy/associations/structure/forces/type/navy/pacific/history.htm |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220126023246/https://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/navy/associations/structure/forces/type/navy/pacific/history.htm |archive-date=2022-01-26 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=eng.mil.ru}}
- 4 November - Empress Anna Ioannovna establishes the Cabinet of Ministers, a supreme state body that functioned until December 23, 1741.{{Cite web |title=ЭСБЕ/Кабинет, учреждение — Викитека |url=https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%A1%D0%91%D0%95/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82,_%D1%83%D1%87%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=ru.wikisource.org |language=ru}}
Births
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Deaths
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References
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