1803 in Russia

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Events from the year 1803 in Russia

Incumbents

August 7 - Expedition to accomplish first Russian circumnavigation of the earth begins.
November 22 - Siege of Ganja begins

Benzion Judah Berkowitz (d. 1879), Hebrew scholar
Miron Cherepanov (d. 1849), engineer and inventor
Alexander Grigorievich Fischer von Waldheim (d. 1884), botanist
Aleksander Gurilyov (d. 1858), pianist, violinist, and composer
Gregor von Helmersen (d. 1885), Baltic German geologist
Evgeniya Maykova (d. 1880), writer and poet
Vladimir Odoyevsky (d. 1869), philosopher, writer, and music critic
Nikolai Pavlov (d. 1864), writer, publisher, and editor
Aleksander Pisarev (d. 1828), playwright and theatre critic
Serge Poltoratzky (d. 1884), literary scholar and bibliophile
Yevfimiy Putyatin (d. 1883), admiral
Vassili Samarsky-Bykhovets (d. 1870), mining engineer
Yuliya Samoylova (d. 1875), countess
Gregory Shchurovsky (d. 1884), geologist
Dmitri Sheremetev (d. 1871), aristocrat
Dmitry Sontsov (d. 1875), numismatist
Fyodor Tyutchev (d. 1873), poet and diplomat
Stepan Vasiliyevich Voyevodsky (d. 1884), admiral, governor of Russian America and Astrakhan
Nikolay Yazykov (d. 1846), poet

Ippolit Bogdanovich (b. 1744), poet
Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov (b. 1758), lover of Catherine II of Russia
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna (b. 1784), daughter of Paul I of Russia
Pavel Fonvizin (b. 1746), educator, scholar, and writer
Dmitri Alekseyevich Golitsyn (b. 1728), diplomat, art agent, author, volcanologist, mineralogist
Gavriil Kamenev (b. 1772), Romantic poet, writer, and translator
Praskovia Kovalyova-Zhemchugova (b. 1768), opera singer and actress
Nikolay Lvov (b. 1753), architect, ethnographer, polymath
Maria Nesselrode (b. 1786), courtier
Sophia Razumovskaya (b. 1746), courtier
Kirill Razumovsky (b. 1728), statesman
Vasily Rodchev (b. 1768), painter
Xenia of Saint Petersburg, (born c. 1719-1730), Orthodox saint