1885 in Russia

Events from the year 1885 in Russia.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Alexander III

Events

• Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
• Nobles' Land Bank
• Radishchev Art Museum
• Private Opera

Births

• 8 January: Viktor Pepelyayev
• 29 August: David Zolotarev
• 24 September: Moyshe Katz (writer, born 1885)
• 7 November: Sabina Spielrein
• 9 November: Velimir Khlebnikov
• 28 December: Vladimir Tatlin

Deaths

• 28 April: Vladimir Pecherin
• 5 November: Nikolai Severtsov

References