1761 in Russia
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Events from the year 1761 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
- 1 April — The Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire sign a treaty of alliance.
 - 16 December — Under the leadership of Pyotr Rumyantsev, Russian forces besiege and take control of the Prussian city of Kolberg during the Seven Years' War.
 
Births
- Apollon Aleksandrovich Maykov, poet (d.1838)
 - Yekaterina Sinyavina, composer (d.1784)
 - Yekaterina von Engelhardt, noblewoman (d.1829)
 - Yelizaveta Palmenbach, pedagogue (d.1832)
 - 19 July ― Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov, experimental physicist (d.1834)
 - 16 August ― Yevstigney Fomin, opera composer (d.1800)
 - 19 August ― Andreyan Zakharov, architect (d.1811)
 - 27 September ― Karl Gustav von Baggovut, military leader (d.1812)
 - December — Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, military leader (d.1818)
 
Deaths
- Ivan Vishnyakov, painter (b.1699)
 
References
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