1754 in Russia
Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth, who reigned between 1741 and 1762 (crowned in 1742{{Cite web |title=CORONATION OF ELIZAVETA PETROVNA |url=https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/exhibitions/virtual-exhibitions.koronatsii-v-moskovskom-kremle/koronatsiya-elizavety-petrovny/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=kreml.ru}}). She later had her son, future Paul I, born on October 1 (20 September O.S.) 1754.
Events
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- Construction of Anichkov Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia{{Cite book |title=ch12 |date=2017 |isbn=978-1-78374-373-5 |editor-last1=Franklin |editor-first1=Simon |doi=10.11647/obp.0122 |editor-last2=Bowers |editor-first2=Katherine |name-list-style=and |doi-access=free}}
- Construction of Transfiguration Cathedral (Saint Petersburg){{Cite web |title=Энциклопедия Санкт-Петербурга |url=https://www.encspb.ru/object/2804010365?lc=ru |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240812170958/http://encspb.ru/object/2804010365?lc=ru |archive-date=2024-08-12 |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=encspb.ru |language=en}}
- Construction of the city Oleksandriia in Kirovohrad Oblast
- Founding of the town Nizhnyaya Tura in the Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Decree abolishing internal customs (Elizabeth Romanova, decree ending in 1762{{Cite web |title=Chronology of Russian History: Imperial Period |url=https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/site-prior-to-easyweb-migration/chrono2.html |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=departments.bucknell.edu}})
Births
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- Unknown date – Alexandra Branitskaya, political activist, courtier and businessperson (d. 1838){{Cite web |title=List of 1754 births - FamousFix List |url=https://www.famousfix.com/list/1754-births |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=FamousFix.com}}
- 16 June – Salawat Yulayev, Bashkir poet and leader of Pugachev Rebellion against the Russian empire{{Cite web |title=PEOPLE BORN IN THE YEAR 1754. |url=https://www.history-page.com/en/v3/y1754/page/1 |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=history-page.com}}
- 29 June – Ivan Nikolajevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian courtier and lover of Catherine the Great
- October 1 (20 September O.S.) – Paul I of Russia (also known as Pavel Petrovich), Tsar of Russia until his death in 1801{{Cite web |title=Heritage History - Products |url=https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=resources&s=char-dir&f=catherine2r |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=heritage-history.com}}
Deaths
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- Unknown date – Maria Cantemir, Romanian noblewoman, Princess of Moldova, mistress of Peter the Great (who was the Emperor of Russia) aged 53–54 (b. 1700){{Cite web |title=List of 1754 deaths - FamousFix List |url=https://www.famousfix.com/list/1754-deaths |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=FamousFix.com}}
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