1777 in Russia

This is a list of notable events from the year 1777 in Russia.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Catherine II

Events

• Pavlovsk was founded.
• Rybnaya sloboda was renamed Rybinsk.
• Stavropol was founded.
• Russo-Prussian Alliance was extended.
• Beloozero was renamed Belozersk.

Births

• Alexander I of Russia, Emperor of Russia
• Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, a Russian monk
• Alexander Bashilov, a Russian general
• Peter Petrovich Dolgorukov, Russian officer
• Anna Lopukhina, Russian imperial mistress
• Karl Wilhelm von Toll, Russian military leader

Deaths

• Alexander Sumarokov, Russian poet

References