1788 in Russia
Events from the year 1788 in Russia
| Years in Russia: | 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 | 
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century | 
| Decades: | 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s | 
| Years: | 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 | 
Incumbents
    
    
Events
    
- Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) begins
 - Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) continues
 
- Fruntimmersskolan i Viborg founded
 - Kremlin Senate building completed
 - Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly established
 - Ulyoty town founded
 
Births
    
- Alexander Albrecht (general), cavalry commander
 - Yekaterina Avdeyeva, writer
 - Auguste-Joseph Desarnod, French engraver and battle painter who spent most of his life in Russia
 - Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857), German aristocratic exile and Russian general
 - Maria Ikonina, ballerina. (d. 1866)
 - Pavel Kiselyov, general, statesman, and reformer
 - Sergey Stepanovich Lanskoy, Minister of the Interior 1855-1861, reformer
 - Mikhail Lazarev, explorer and admiral
 - Nikita Pankratiev, general
 - Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, fourth daughter of Paul I of Russia
 - Louis-Victor-Léon de Rochechouart, French aristocratic exile and Russian general
 - Mikhail Vielgorsky, Russian official, composer, and arts patron
 - Sergey Volkonsky, general and Decembrist
 - Karl Friedrich von Rennenkampff, Baltic German general
 - Semyon Yanovsky, Russian naval officer, the third governor of Russian America
 
Deaths
    
- Samuel Greig, Scottish sailor who became a Russian admiral
 - Maria Rumyantseva, courtier (born 1699)
 - Pyotr Sheremetev, wealthy nobleman and courtier
 - Mikhail Volkonsky, general and statesman
 
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