1744 in Russia



Events from the year 1744 in Russia

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Elizabeth

Events

 * 28 June - The future Catherine the Great, Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst, fiancée of the heir to the throne, converts to the Russian Orthodox Church and is received with the new name Catherine (Yekaterina or Ekaterina) and the (artificial) patronymic Алексеевна (Alekseyevna, daughter of Aleksey).
 * 28 June - The future Catherine the Great, Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst, fiancée of the heir to the throne, converts to the Russian Orthodox Church and is received with the new name Catherine (Yekaterina or Ekaterina) and the (artificial) patronymic Алексеевна (Alekseyevna, daughter of Aleksey).
 * 28 June - The future Catherine the Great, Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst, fiancée of the heir to the throne, converts to the Russian Orthodox Church and is received with the new name Catherine (Yekaterina or Ekaterina) and the (artificial) patronymic Алексеевна (Alekseyevna, daughter of Aleksey).

Births

 * Elena von Rehbinder, industrialist