1782 in Russia
Events from the year 1782 in Russia
| Years in Russia: | 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 | 
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century | 
| Decades: | 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s | 
| Years: | 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 | 
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Events
    
- Bronze Horseman, sculpture of Peter the Great, unveiled in St. Petersburg
 - The Minor (Fonvizin play) first performed
 - Order of Saint Vladimir established
 - Siberia Governorate, Orenburg Governorate, and others dissolved as part of a general administrative reorganization
 
Births
    
- Stepan Andreyevskiy - general
 - Constantine IV, Prince of Mukhrani - Georgian nobleman, Russian general
 - Philaret Drozdov - Russian Orthodox Metropolitan of Moscow
 - Yevgeny Golovin - general
 - Afanasy Grigoriev - architect
 - Pyotr Kotlyarevsky - hero of the Russo-Turkish War and Russo-Persian War
 - Vasili Krasovsky - writer
 - Orest Kiprensky - portrait artist
 - Yakov Kolokolnikov-Voronin - artist
 - Valerian Madatov - Armenian prince, Russian general
 - Pavel Martynov - general
 - Ivan Paskevich - general
 - Konstantin Poltoratsky - general
 - Sophie Swetchine - mystic
 - Prince Teimuraz of Georgia - scholar and historian
 - Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy - nobleman and traveller
 - Georg Andreas von Rosen - general
 - Ferdinand von Tiesenhausen - nobleman and soldier
 - Alexander Varnek - portrait artist
 - Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov - general
 
Deaths
    
- Elizabeth Antonovna of Brunswick - member of the Russian royal family
 - Vasily Dolgorukov-Krymsky - general and Governor-General of Moscow
 - Vasily Neyolov - architect
 
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