1848 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
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- Nicholas I invades the Danubian principalities.{{Cite web |title=A Pyrrhic Victory: The Russian Empire in 1848 |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/25693/chapter-abstract/193164071?redirectedFrom=fulltext}}
- Nicholas I sets up a secret committee to intensify censorship of the press.{{Cite web |title=Russia |url=https://sites.ohio.edu/chastain/rz/russia.htm |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=sites.ohio.edu}}
- Russia, despite being largely unaffected by the revolutions of 1848, sends armies to aid the Habsburgs in the Hungarian revolution of 1848.{{Cite web |title=Russia and the European Revolutions of 1848 {{!}} History Today |url=https://www.historytoday.com/archive/russia-and-european-revolutions-1848 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=www.historytoday.com}}{{Cite web |title=Russia |url=https://sites.ohio.edu/chastain/rz/russia.htm |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=sites.ohio.edu}}
- Russia suffers major disasters such as a major cholera epidemic, a bad harvest, and an increase in fires due to weather.
Births
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- January 25 — Ekaterina Vazem, Russian ballet dancer, teacher
- April 7 — Anna Brenko, Russian actress, director, playwright, theater worker
Deaths
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- 7 June – Vissarion Belinsky, Russian literary critic (born 1811)
References
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Further reading
- Lincoln, W.B. "Russia and the European Revolutions of 1848" History Today (Jan 1973), Vol. 23 Issue 1, pp 53-59 online.
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