1902 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
- 1 July - The Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding opens in Mykolayiv, Ukraine, under the name of Mykolayiv Industrial Technical School.
- July - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia is created a Knight of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, during the latter's visit to Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest intelligence - Italy and Russia |date=18 July 1902 |page=3 |issue=36823}}
- 29 August - Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia is married to her second cousin Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark.Zeepvat, Charlotte, The Camera and the Tsars: A Romanov Family Album, Sutton Publishing, 2004, p. 99
- November - The periodical Novy Put is launched in Saint Petersburg by Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Zinaida Gippius.{{cite web|url=http://www.rulex.ru/01130429.htm|title=Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky|work=Russian Biographical Dictionary| access-date=2 February 2014}}
- December - The Russian News Agency TASS begins life as the Commercial Telegraph Agency (TTA, Torgovo-Telegrafnoe Agentstvo).{{Cite web |url=http://ejc.net/media_landscapes/russia |title=Russia #Media Organisations |access-date=2017-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320003807/http://ejc.net/media_landscapes/russia#link_312 |archive-date=2018-03-20 |url-status=dead }}
Births
- 8 January - Georgy Malenkov, Leader of the Soviet Union in 1953 (died 1988)
- 21 May - Anatole Litvak, filmmaker (died 1974)
- 11 October - Yitzhak Yitzhaky, Slovenian-born Israeli politician (died 1955)
Deaths
- 2 January - Prince Balakishi Arablinski, Azerbaijani general in the Russian Imperial Army (born 1828)
- June - Isaac Andreyevich Chatzkin, Russian-Jewish physician (born 1832)
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