1771 in Russia explained

Events from the year 1771 in Russia

Incumbents

• Monarch – Catherine II

Events

• Moscow plague riot of 1771^[1]
• Pyatnitskoye cemetery^[2]

Births

• - Count Mikhail Miloradovich, Russian general of Serbian origin, prominent during the Napoleonic Wars. (d. 1825)^[3]

Deaths

• 29 April - Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Italian architect who worked mainly in Russia. (b. 1700)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Paert . Irina . Penance and the Priestless Old Believers in Modern Russia, 1771–c.1850 . . 2004 . 40 . 278–290 . 10.1017/S042420840000293X . 155833298 . 0424-2084.
2. News: Smale . Alison . Caring for graveyards part of Russian Life . Lawrence Journal-World . AP . August 31, 1985 . Moscow . 10.
3. Web site: Birthday Anniversary of Mikhail A. Miloradovich, Russian Military Man and Statesman. Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library. March 28, 2020.
4. Web site: Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. saint-petersburg.com/. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190829235216/http://www.saint-petersburg.com/famous-people/francesco-rastrelli/. August 29, 2019. March 28, 2020.