1765 in Russia

Events from 1765 in Russia

Incumbents

• Monarch – Catherine II^[1]

Events

• Foundation of the Novodevichii Institute.
• Free Economic Society was founded.
• Catherine II promulgated the "Manifesto on the Empire’s General Land Survey".
• The special “Gypsy” regiments were abolished and Roma then registered in the existing “sotni” (Cossack squadrons) and regiments, thus they were given civil rights like the rest of the population.
• Alexander Bezborodko was appointed the Chief of the Office of Little Russia Governor-General Count Peter Rumyantsev.

Births

• Vasily Malinovsky, Russian diplomat (d. 1814)
• Pyotr Bagration, Russian general (d. 1812)
• Timofei Fedorovic Osipovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1832)
• Ivan Aleksandrovich Kuskov, Manager of Fort Ross (d. 1823)
• Nikita Ivanovich Panin (b 29 September 1718) One of Catherine the Greaet's closest advisers, He was also the chief architect of Russian Foreign Policy
• Kirill Razumovsky ( 1728-1803). Field Marshall. President of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Grigory Grigoryevich (b. 1734) Miletary leader and Cathererine's favourite courtier
• Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (b. 1737). younger brother to Grigory and Military commander and naval strategsist

Deaths

• April 15 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian author and scientist (b. 1711)

References

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