1896 in Russia

Events from the year 1896 in Russia.

Incumbents

January 2 – Dziga Vertov, filmmaker (d. 1954).
April 15 – Nikolay Semyonov, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986).
June 29 – Boris Podolsky, physicist (d. 1966).
August 9 – Léonide Massine, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1979).
August 27 – Leon Theremin, inventor (d. 1993).
October 17 – Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (d. 1978).
November 17 – Lev Vygotsky, psychologist (d. 1934).
December 1 – Georgi Zhukov, military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1974).
December 12 – Vasily Gordov, general (d. 1950).