| Years in Russia: | 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 | 
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century | 
| Decades: | 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s | 
| Years: | 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 | 
Events from the year 1791 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
- Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) continues
- July 10: Battle of Măcin
 - August 11: Battle of Cape Kaliakra
 
 
- Kakhovka founded
 - Pale of Settlement established
 - Zoological Museum of Moscow University founded
 
Births
- Vladimir Fyodorovich Adlerberg, general
 - Sergey Aksakov, writer
 - Nikolay Bestuzhev, navy officer, writer, inventor, painter, Decembrist
 - Kapiton Pavlov, portrait painter
 - Yekaterina Saltykov, courtier
 - Pyotr Sokolov (portraitist), portrait painter
 - Alexandru Sturdza, diplomat and writer
 
Deaths
- Prince Alexander of Kartli (1726–1791), Georgian prince
 - Yakov Knyazhnin, writer
 - Grigory Potemkin (born 1739)
 - Potap Kuzmich Zaikov, navigator in Russian America
 
References
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