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1902 in Russia
Events from the year
1902 in
Russia
.
Incumbents
Monarch
âÂÂ
Nicholas II
Events
1 July
- The
Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding
opens in Mykolayiv,
Ukraine
, under the name of Mykolayiv Industrial Technical School.
July -
Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia
is created a Knight of the
Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
by King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
, during the latter's visit to Russia.
29 August
-
Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
is married to her second cousin
Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark
.
November - The periodical
Novy Put
is launched in Saint Petersburg by
Dmitry Merezhkovsky
and
Zinaida Gippius
.
December - The
Russian News Agency TASS
begins life as the Commercial Telegraph Agency (TTA, Torgovo-Telegrafnoe Agentstvo).
Births
8 January
-
Georgy Malenkov
, Leader of the Soviet Union in 1953 (died
1988
)
21 May
-
Anatole Litvak
, filmmaker (died
1974
)
11 October
-
Yitzhak Yitzhaky
, Slovenian-born Israeli politician (died
1955
)
Deaths
2 January
- Prince
Balakishi Arablinski
, Azerbaijani general in the Russian Imperial Army (born 1828)
June -
Isaac Andreyevich Chatzkin
, Russian-Jewish physician (born
1832
)
References