1846 in Russia
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Here are the events from the year 1846 in Russia.
Incumbents
Events
- A wealthy landowner, Nikolai Bakhmetev, constructs a stone church, which would eventually be built into the Annunciation Monastery (Tolyatti) in Samara Oblast[1]
- On January 15, Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's first novel "Poor Folk" was published in the St. Petersburg Collection almanac, which was a significant moment in Russian literature that foreshadowed deeper social critiques.[2]
- The Double was first published in the Otechestvennye zapiski on 30 January, which was Fyodor Dostoevsky's second novel.
- The Petrashevsky Circle, organized by Mikhail Petrashevsky, was active in the 1840s (founded in 1845) and by 1846 it existed as a gathering of intellectuals.
- A devastating potato disease hit the Russian Empire. However, it was supposed to shield the peasants against famine.[3]
Births
January–June
July–December
- August 16 – Oskar Victorovich Stark, Russian admiral and explorer (d. 1928)
- September 25 – Wladimir Köppen, Russian-German geographer, climatologist (d. 1940)
- December 21 – Julia Lermontova, Russian chemist (d. 1919)
Deaths
References
- ^ Лобанова Н. Г. (2007). "А счастье было так возможно" [Happiness was so possible]. Деловая дама Тольятти (in Russian). No. 3. Тольятти. pp. 34–35.
- ^ "Historical Events in 1846". On This Day. 1846. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ^ "The spread of the potato blight in the Russian Empire, 1846 to 1852" (PDF).
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