1897 in Russia explained

Events from the year 1897 in Russia.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Nicholas II

Events

• Russian Empire Census
• World Chess Championship 1897
• Belushya Guba
• Moscow Art Theatre

Births

• February 25] – Mikhail Krichevsky, Ukrainian unverified supercentenarian, last Imperial Russian Army veteran of WWI (d. 2008)
• June 7 – Kirill Meretskov, Soviet military officer, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1968)
• June 10 – Tatiana Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia (d. 1918)
• July 7 – Mikhail Kovalyov, Soviet Army colonel-general (d. 1967)
• October 8 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-born American film, theatre director (d. 1987)
• November 4 – Dmitry Pavlov, Soviet general (d. 1941)