1788 in Russia explained

Events from the year 1788 in Russia

Incumbents

• Monarch – Catherine II

Events

• Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) begins
  • Battle of Hogland
• Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) continues
  • Siege of Khotin (1788)
  • Siege of Ochakov (1788)
  • Naval actions at the siege of Ochakov (1788)
  • Battle of Fidonisi
• Fruntimmersskolan i Viborg founded
• Kremlin Senate building completed
• Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly established
• Ulyoty town founded

Births

• Alexander Albrecht (general), cavalry commander
• Yekaterina Avdeyeva, writer
• Auguste-Joseph Desarnod, French engraver and battle painter who spent most of his life in Russia
• Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857), German aristocratic exile and Russian general
• Maria Ikonina, ballerina. (d. 1866)
• Pavel Kiselyov, general, statesman, and reformer
• Sergey Stepanovich Lanskoy, Minister of the Interior 1855-1861, reformer
• Mikhail Lazarev, explorer and admiral
• Nikita Pankratiev, general
• Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, fourth daughter of Paul I of Russia
• Louis-Victor-Léon de Rochechouart, French aristocratic exile and Russian general
• Mikhail Vielgorsky, Russian official, composer, and arts patron
• Sergey Volkonsky, general and Decembrist
• Karl Friedrich von Rennenkampff, Baltic German general
• Semyon Yanovsky, Russian naval officer, the third governor of Russian America

Deaths

• Samuel Greig, Scottish sailor who became a Russian admiral
• Maria Rumyantseva, courtier (born 1699)
• Pyotr Sheremetev, wealthy nobleman and courtier
• Mikhail Volkonsky, general and statesman