1857 in Russia

Events from the year 1857 in Russia

Incumbents

• Monarch – Alexander II

Events

• Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary
• Krenholm Manufacturing Company
• Maykop
• Postimees

Births

• 17 September - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (died 1935)
• 2 January – Stepan Khalturin, Russian revolutionary (d. 1882)
• 4 March – Aleksei Evert, Russian general (d. 1926)

Deaths

• 15 February - Mikhail Glinka, famous composer who is praised as the "Father of Russian Music." (born 1804)

References