1896 in Russia

Events from the year 1896 in Russia.

Incumbents

 * Tsar – Nicholas II

Events

 * 1896 World Figure Skating Championships
 * All-Russia Exhibition 1896
 * Khodynka Tragedy
 * Ādolfs Alunāns Theatre
 * Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II

Births

 * January 2 – Dziga Vertov, filmmaker (d. 1954).
 * April 15 – Nikolay Semyonov, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986).
 * June 29 – Boris Podolsky, physicist (d. 1966).
 * August 9 – Léonide Massine, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1979).
 * August 27 – Leon Theremin, inventor (d. 1993).
 * October 17 – Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (d. 1978).
 * November 17 – Lev Vygotsky, psychologist (d. 1934).
 * December 1 – Georgi Zhukov, military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1974).
 * December 12 – Vasily Gordov, general (d. 1950).

Deaths

 * 13 October – Alexander Theodorowicz Batalin, botanist (b. 1847)