Events from the year 1902 in Russia.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 July - The Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding opens in Mykolayiv, Ukraine, under the name of Mykolayiv Industrial Technical School.
- July - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia is created a Knight of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, during the latter's visit to Russia.[1]
- 29 August - Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia is married to her second cousin Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark.[2]
- November - The periodical Novy Put is launched in Saint Petersburg by Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Zinaida Gippius.[3]
- December - The Russian News Agency TASS begins life as the Commercial Telegraph Agency (TTA, Torgovo-Telegrafnoe Agentstvo).[4]
Births
- 21 May - Anatole Litvak, filmmaker (died 1974)
- 11 October - Yitzhak Yitzhaky, Slovenian-born Israeli politician (died 1955)
Deaths
- 2 January - Prince Balakishi Arablinski, Azerbaijani general in the Russian Imperial Army (born 1828)
- June - Isaac Andreyevich Chatzkin, Russian-Jewish physician (born 1832)
References
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