1904 in Russia

Events from the year 1904 in Russia.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Nicholas II
• Chairman of the Committee of Ministers - Sergei Witte

Events

• 9 February – Battle of Chemulpo Bay: a naval engagement at Chemulpo Bay in Korea between Russian and Japanese forces at the start of the Russo-Japanese War.
• Battle of Liaoyang
• Battle of Port Arthur
• 1904 Moscow tornado
• 8 February – The Russo-Japanese War begins with a surprise Japanese attack on Port Arthur.
• Siege of Port Arthur

Births

• 22 January
• George Balanchine, Russian-born American choreographer (died 1983)
• Arkady Gaidar, children's writer (died 1941)
• 2 February – Valery Chkalov, Soviet test pilot (died 1938)
• 21 February – Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1980)
• 4 March – George Gamow, Ukrainian-born American physicist (died 1968)
• 1 April – Nikolai Berzarin, Soviet general (died 1945)
• 6 May – Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born Israeli engineer (died 1984)
• 10 July - Haim Ben-Asher, Russian-born Israeli politician (died 1998)
• 24 July – Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, Soviet admiral (died 1974)
• 28 July – Pavel Cherenkov, Soviet physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
• 12 August - Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (died 1918)

Deaths

• - Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer. (b. 1860)
• - Emanuel Schiffers, Russian chess player (b. 1850)
• Maria A. Neidgardt, courtier (b. 1831)

References