1906 in Russia
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Events from the year 1906 in Russia.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Nicholas II
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers –
- until 5 May – Sergei Witte
- 5 May–21 July – Ivan Logginovich Goremykin
- starting 21 July – Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin
- Pyotr Stolypin, Russian prime minister from 1906 to 1911.[1][2]
Events
- Russian Constitution of 1906
- 1906 Russian legislative election
- Markovo Republic
- Białystok pogrom
- Bloody Wednesday (Poland)
- Siedlce pogrom
- Vyborg Manifesto
Births
- 3 January – Ulyana Barkova, Russian farm worker (d. 1991)[3]
- 21 January – Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007).
- 7 February – Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984).
- 1 April – Alexander Yakovlev, Russian engineer and airplane designer (d. 1989).
- 3 May – Philippe Halsman, Latvian-born American photographer (d. 1979)
- 4 June – Ivan Knunyants, Soviet chemist (d. 1990).
- 17 June – Olli Ungvere, Estonian actress (d. 1991)
- 5 August – Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999).
- 8 September – Andrei Kirilenko, Soviet politician (d. 1990)
- 25 September – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer and pianist (d. 1975).
- 19 December – Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet politician (d. 1982).
Deaths
- June 14 – Sophia Amirajibi, Georgian poetry translator (b. 1847)
References
- ^ Borshchevskaya, Anna. "Speaking to the Duma, Putin Stressed Unity, Need to Boost Economy and Defense". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ^ Esch, Christian (2017-11-07). "100 Years Since the October Revolution: Russia's Unloved Anniversary". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ^ "Uliana Barkova". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1979. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
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