1855 in Russia

Events from the year 1855 in Russia.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Nicholas I (until March 2), Alexander II (after March 2)

Events

• 2 March - Alexander II becomes emperor after the death of his father, Nicholas I.
• 7 February - The Simoda Agreement was signed between Russian Empire and Japan, which consolidated Russian control over the Kuril Islands.
• 29 November The Siege of Kars ends in a Russian victory.

Births

• April 5 - Vsevolod Garshin Mikhailovich, writer, poet
• April 17 - Semyon Afanasievich Vengerov, literary critic, historian
• June 23 - Lydia Petrovna Tseranskaya, the Soviet astronomer
• September 1 - Innokenty Fedorovich Annensky, writer, dramaturge
• October 27 - Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, biologist

Deaths

• March 2 - Nicholas I of Russia, monarch (b. 1796)
• July 15 - Euphrosinia Kolyupanovskaya, courtier (b. 1758)

References