1874 in Russia explained

Events happening during the year 1874 in the Russian empire.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Alexander II

Events

• • • • • Jujevan
• Kiev Roshen Factory
• Odessa Russian Theatre

Births

• January 28  - Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatre practitioner (d. 1940)
• February 7  - Nikifor Begichev, Soviet seaman and explorer (d. 1927)
• February 26  - Nikolai Korotkov, Russian surgeon (d. 1920)
• May 17  - Mikhail Diterikhs, Russian general (d. 1937)
• July 26  - Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor (d. 1951)
• October 9  - Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter (d. 1947)
• December 13  - Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist (d. 1944)