1876 in Russia explained

Events from the year 1876 in Russia.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Alexander II

Events

• • • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's patriotic Slavonic March makes its premiere in Moscow.
• Marche slave
• Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy
• Reichstadt Agreement
• Kazan demonstration

Births

• Nikolay Dukhonin, White Army General, casualty of the Russian Civil War.
• Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter.
• Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century, born in Väike-Maarja, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire.
• Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (Lenin: God of the Godless), born in Ludza, Russian Empire
• Maxim Litvinov [Meir Genoch Moiseyevich Wallach], Russian statesman, revolutionary and diplomat (People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs.1930-39, Soviet Ambassador to the US 1940-43), born in Białystok, Russian Empire
• Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian actress (The Wolf Man, Waterloo Bridge), born in Tula, Russian Empire
• Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator, born in Seppälä, Russia