1777 in Russia

This is a list of notable events from the year 1777 in Russia.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Catherine II

Events

 * Pavlovsk was founded.
 * Rybnaya sloboda was renamed Rybinsk.
 * Stavropol was founded.
 * Russo-Prussian Alliance was extended.
 * Beloozero was renamed Belozersk.

Births

 * Alexander I of Russia, Emperor of Russia
 * Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, a Russian monk
 * Alexander Bashilov, a Russian general
 * Peter Petrovich Dolgorukov, Russian officer
 * Anna Lopukhina, Russian imperial mistress
 * Karl Wilhelm von Toll, Russian military leader

Deaths

 * Alexander Sumarokov, Russian poet