1771 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
- Moscow plague riot of 1771{{cite journal |last1=Paert |first1=Irina |title=Penance and the Priestless Old Believers in Modern Russia, 1771–c.1850 |journal=Studies in Church History |date=2004 |volume=40 |pages=278–290 |doi=10.1017/S042420840000293X |s2cid=155833298 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/studies-in-church-history/article/penance-and-the-priestless-old-believers-in-modern-russia-1771c1850/6212BC13BCAF25195ACEB756D1721CFB |issn=0424-2084}}
- Pyatnitskoye cemetery{{cite news |last1=Smale |first1=Alison |title=Caring for graveyards part of Russian Life |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19850831&id=YXsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l-UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6577,7767023 |work=Lawrence Journal-World |agency=AP |date=August 31, 1985 |location=Moscow |page=10}}
Births
- {{OldStyleDate|12 October|1771|1 October}} - Count Mikhail Miloradovich, Russian general of Serbian origin, prominent during the Napoleonic Wars. (d. 1825){{Cite web|url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/history/619623|title=Birthday Anniversary of Mikhail A. Miloradovich, Russian Military Man and Statesman|website=Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library|access-date=March 28, 2020}}
Deaths
- 29 April - Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Italian architect who worked mainly in Russia. (b. 1700){{Cite web|url=http://www.saint-petersburg.com/famous-people/francesco-rastrelli/|title=Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli|website=saint-petersburg.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829235216/http://www.saint-petersburg.com/famous-people/francesco-rastrelli/|archive-date=August 29, 2019|access-date=March 28, 2020}}
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