1898 in Russia

• Monarch – Nicholas II

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• 1st Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
• 25 April – Signing of Nishi–Rosen Agreement between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan concerning disputes over Korea.
• Central Committee compositions elected by the 1st–3rd congresses of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
• Founding of influential Mir iskusstva arts magazine.
• Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

• January 22 – Sergei Eisenstein, film director (d. 1948)
• February 20 – Semyon Kirlian, inventor (d. 1978)
• March 14 – Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (d. 1985)
• July 13 – Ivan Triesault, Estonian-born American actor (d. 1980)
• August 12 – Maria Klenova, marine geologist (d. 1976)
• September 29 – Trofim Lysenko, biologist (d. 1976)
• October 20 – Sergi Jikia, Georgian historian and orientalist (d. 1993)

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