1797 in Russia

Russia-related events during the year of 1797

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Years in Russia: | 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800

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Centuries: | 17th century * 18th century * 19th century
Decades: | 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s
Years: | 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800
The manifesto of three-day corvee.

Events from the year 1797 in Russia

## Incumbents

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* Monarch – Paul I[1]

## Events

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* Third Partition of Poland
* Pauline Laws \- house laws of the House of Romanov established
* April 5 - Manifesto of three-day corvee[2]
* Office of the Institutions of Empress Maria
* Herzen University founded
* Saint Petersburg Theological Academy founded

## Births

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* Alexander Bestuzhev, Decembrist, writer (d. 1837)
* Dimitri Ivanovich Dolgorukov, diplomat and travelling companion of Washington Irving (d. 1867)
* Yelizaveta Golitsyna, noblewoman, Roman Catholic nun (d. 1844)
* Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia. (d. 1879)[3]
* Alexander Kazarsky, naval officer, war hero (d. 1833)
* Nikolay Dmitrievich Mylnikov, portrait painter (d. 1842)
* Arsena Odzelashvili, Georgian outlaw, (d. 1842)
* Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke, Russian navigator, geographer, and Arctic explorer. (d. 1882)[4]

## Deaths

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* Ivan Chernyshyov, diplomat and admiralty official (b. 1726)
* Ekaterina Kniazhnina, poet (b. 1746)
* Pyotr Melissino, General of the Artillery (b. 1726)
* Vasily Pashkevich, composer, singer, violinist, teacher (b. circa 1742)
* Alexei Senyavin, admiral (b. 1716)
* Ivan Shuvalov, first Russian Minister of Education (b. 1727)

## References

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1. ^ "Paul | emperor of Russia". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
2. ^ Kubijovyc, Volodymyr (1984). Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Volume I: A-F plus Map and Gazetteer. University of Toronto Press. p. 94\. ISBN 9781442651173.
3. ^ "Saint Innocent Veniaminov". ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
4. ^ "Fyodor Petrovich, Count (Graf) Litke RUSSIAN POLAR EXPLORER". ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA. Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2020-04-02.

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1797 in Asia

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* Afghanistan
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Cambodia
* Ceylon
* China
*   *   * Egypt
*   * India
*   *   *   *   * Japan
* Jordan
*   * Korea
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Nepal
* Oman
* Ottoman Empire
*   *   *   * Persia
* Philippines
*   * Russia
*   * Siam
* Sikkim
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Uzbekistan
*   *   *   *   *   *

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Bahrain
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * French India
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1797 in Europe

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*   * Andorra
*   *   * Austria
*   *   *   *   * Batavian Republic
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Denmark–Norway
* Denmark
* Norway
*   *   *   *   * France
*   *   * Great Britain
*   *   * Holy Roman Empire
* Hungary
*   * Ireland
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Malta
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Ottoman Empire
* Papal States
*   * Portugal
* Prussia
*   * Russia
* San Marino
*   *   *   *   *   *   * Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

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*   *   *   *   * Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey

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