Events from the year 1848 in Russia

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Incumbents

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Events

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  • Nicholas I invades the Danubian principalities.[1]
  • Nicholas I sets up a secret committee to intensify censorship of the press.[2]
  • Russia, despite being largely unaffected by the revolutions of 1848, sends armies to aid the Habsburgs in the Hungarian revolution of 1848.[3][4]
  • Russia suffers major disasters such as a major cholera epidemic, a bad harvest, and an increase in fires due to weather.

Births

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  • January 25 — Ekaterina Vazem, Russian ballet dancer, teacher
  • April 7 — Anna Brenko, Russian actress, director, playwright, theater worker

Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "A Pyrrhic Victory: The Russian Empire in 1848".
  2. ^ "Russia". sites.ohio.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  3. ^ "Russia and the European Revolutions of 1848 | History Today". www.historytoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  4. ^ "Russia". sites.ohio.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-13.

Further reading

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  • Lincoln, W.B. "Russia and the European Revolutions of 1848" History Today (Jan 1973), Vol. 23 Issue 1, pp 53-59 online.

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