1911 in Russia
Events from the year 1911 in Russia.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Nicholas II
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Pyotr Stolypin (until 18 September), Vladimir Kokovtsov (starting 22 September)
Events
- 4 January - 1911 Kebin earthquake
- 18 February - an earthquake in Pamir Mountains blocking the Murghab River by a landslide led to the formation of Sarez Lake
- 20 February - Bologoye cinema fire, 64 dead, most of them (43) are children
- 25 March - murder of Andrei Yushchinsky, a student of the preparatory class of the Kiev Sophia religious school. The authorities (including the Minister of Justice) put pressure on the investigation and contributed to the adoption of a religious-ritual version of the murder. The Jew Mendel Beilis was accused of the crime, but the jury acquitted him. The murder investigation and the ensuing trial, known as the "Beilis case", were widely covered in the Russian and world press.
- 7 July - North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911
- 14 September - Prime Minister of Russia Pyotr Stolypin assassinated by Dmitry Bogrov in Kiev Opera House
- 29 October–23 November - Russian Invasion of Tabriz, 1911
- 7 December - Qiqihar Protocol between Russia and China on border demarcation in the Argun River area
- Gleb Kotelnikov invented the knapsack parachute
Births
- 1 July - Marshal Sergey Sokolov, minister of Defence of the USSR (1984–1987)
- 17 August - Mikhail Botvinnik, 6th World Chess Champion
- 8 October - Mark Bernes, singer and actor
- 24 October - Arkady Raikin, stand-up comedian
Deaths
- 28 March - Mikalojus Čiurlionis, painter and composer of Lithuanian origin
- 18 September - Pyotr Stolypin, Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of the Russian Empire
- 5 December - Valentin Serov, painter
- 13 December - Nikolay Beketov, physical chemist
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