1919 in Russia

Events from the year 1919 in Russia

Events

• 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
• Battle of Berezina (1919)
• Kiev pogroms (1919)
• Suchan Valley Campaign

Births

• August 18 – Evdokia Bobyleva, Russian teacher (d. 2017)
• September 9 – Pyotr Braiko, Soviet soldier (d. 2018)
• December 23 – Vasily Reshetnikov, Soviet Air Force pilot (d. 2023)

Deaths

• January 27 – Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov, Russian general (b. 1851)
• January 28 – Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia (b. 1860)
• February 16 – Vera Kholodnaya, Actress and the first star of Russian silent cinema (b. 1893)
• March 16 – Yakov Sverdlov, Bolshevik revolutionary and politician (b. 1885)
• April 19 – Andrei Eberhardt, Russian admiral (b. 1856)
• April 20 – Vasili Altfater, Russian and Soviet admiral (b. 1883)
• June 29 – Alexander Ragoza, Russian general and Ukrainian politician (executed) (b. 1858)
• September 16 – Alfred Parland, Russian architect (b. 1842)
• December 16 – Julia Lermontova, Russian chemist (b. 1846)

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