1769 in Russia

This is a list of notable events from the year 1769 in Russia.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Catherine II

Events

 * Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russian forces take the Ottoman fortress of Chocim in Bukovina.

Birth

 * Aleksey Arakcheyev, Russian general
 * Ekaterina Feodorovna Baryatinskaya-Dolgorukova, Russian court official
 * Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov, Russian infantry commander
 * Georgiy Evseevich Eristov, Russian nobleman
 * Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general
 * Boris Vladimirovich Golitsyn, Russian aristocrat

Death

 * Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet
 * Stepan Glotov, Russian navigator