Events from the year 1902 in Russia.
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
- 1 July - The Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding opens in Mykolayiv, Ukraine, under the name of Mykolayiv Industrial Technical School.
- July - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia is created a Knight of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, during the latter's visit to Russia.[1]
- 29 August - Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia is married to her second cousin Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark.[2]
- November - The periodical Novy Put is launched in Saint Petersburg by Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Zinaida Gippius.[3]
- December - The Russian News Agency TASS begins life as the Commercial Telegraph Agency (TTA, Torgovo-Telegrafnoe Agentstvo).[4]
Births edit
- 21 May - Anatole Litvak, filmmaker (died 1974)
- 11 October - Yitzhak Yitzhaky, Slovenian-born Israeli politician (died 1955)
Deaths edit
- 2 January - Prince Balakishi Arablinski, Azerbaijani general in the Russian Imperial Army (born 1828)
- June - Isaac Andreyevich Chatzkin, Russian-Jewish physician (born 1832)
References edit
- ^ "Latest intelligence - Italy and Russia". The Times. No. 36823. London. 18 July 1902. p. 3.
- ^ Zeepvat, Charlotte, The Camera and the Tsars: A Romanov Family Album, Sutton Publishing, 2004, p. 99
- ^ "Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky". Russian Biographical Dictionary. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Russia #Media Organisations". Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
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