1899 in Russia

← 1898 1897 1896 1899 in Russia → 1900 1901 1902
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	History of Russia Timeline of Russian history List of years in Russia

Events from the year 1899 in Russia.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Nicholas II

Events

• 1899 Russian student strike
• Akyaka Railway Station
• Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
• Pochvovedenie

Births

• January 14 – Georg Witt, film producer (d. 1973)
• April 22 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born American writer (d. 1977)
• April 24 – Oscar Zariski, mathematician (d. 1986)
• May 31 – Leonid Leonov, novelist and playwright (d. 1994)
• June 26 – Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
• September 1 – Andrei Platonov, Soviet writer (d. 1951)
• October 22 – Nikolay Bogolyubov, actor (d. 1980)
• October 27 – Mikhail Zharov, actor and director (d. 1981)
• October 29 – Akim Tamiroff, Armenian actor (d. 1972)
• November 8 – Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-born Israeli poet and columnist (d. 1954)

Deaths

• January 21 – Mikhail Annenkov, nobleman, author, military officer, and engineer (b. 1835)
• January 30 – Ivan Velio, statesman, Active Privy Councillor (b. 1830)
• March 4 – Vasyl Bilozersky, political and cultural activist, journalist, scientist, and pedagogue (b. 1825)
• May 11 – Varvara Rudneva, physician (b. 1844)
• September 20 – Anatoly Vaneyev, revolutionary (b. 1872)

References

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