1798 in Russia

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Events from the year 1798 in Russia

Incumbents

Ivane Andronikashvili (died 1868), Georgian prince, Russian general
Łukasz Baraniecki (died 1858), Archbishop of Lviv
Alexander Brullov (died 1877), painter
Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) (died 1860), Empress of Russia, wife of Emperor Nicholas I
Anton Delvig (died 1831), poet and journalist
Pavel Nikolaievich Demidov (died 1840), nobleman, philanthropist and industrialist
Alexander Gorchakov (died 1883), diplomat and statesman
Anton Legashov (died 1865), painter
Iulian Liublinskii (died 1876), nobleman and Decembrist
Alexei Lvov (died 1870), composer
Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (died 1849), archduke, military commander
Elisei Morozov (died 1868), businessman of the Morozovs dynasty
Nikolay Protasov (died 1855), general, attorney-general of the Most Holy Synod
Ivan Pushchin (died 1859), Decembrist and friend of Alexander Pushkin
Valerian Safonovich (died 1867), governor of Oryol 1854-1861
Joseph Semashko (died 1868), archbishop
Sofya Shcherbatova (died 1885), philanthropist
Ivan Sherwood Verny (died 1867), army officer who helped reveal the Decembrists
Menucha Rochel Slonim (died 1888), Rebbetzin, matriarch of the Chabad dynasty, emigrant to Hebron
Ana Gruzinskaya Tolstaya (died 1889), noblewoman

Peter Bielański (born 1736), bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv
Vladimir Borisovich Golitsyn (born 1731), nobleman and soldier
Gabriel Lenkiewicz (born 1722), priest, Temporary Vicar General of the Society of Jesus 1785-1798