Events from the year 1901 in Russia.
Incumbents
Events
Births
- 17 January â Aron Gurwitsch, a Litvak American phenomenologist. (died 1973)
- 4 February â Alexander Werth, writer, journalist, and war correspondent. (died 1969)
- 15 May â Boris Berman (chekist), chekist and leading member of the NKVD.
- 18 June â Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II (died 1918)
- 20 June â Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia, elder daughter of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia who spent her life in exile (died 1974)
- 15 August â Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia, nephew of Tsar Nicholas II. (died 1980)
- 12 September
- Shmuel Hurwitz, Russian-born Israeli agronomist (died 1999)
- Andrey Vlasov, Russian general of Red Army who later led the Russian Liberation Army against the U.S.S.R. (died 1946)
- 22 September â Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Joseph Stalin (died 1932)
- 19 November â Nina Bari, mathematician (died 1961)
- 10 December
- Vladimir Boyarsky, a collaborator with Nazi Germany during World War II, serving in Andrey Vlasov's Russian Liberation Army. (died 1945)
- Karandash, famous Soviet clown and was the teacher of the famous Russian clowns Oleg Popov and Yuri Nikulin. (died 1983)
- 22 December â Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-born American popular orchestral music conductor and arranger. (died 1980)
Deaths
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