1904 in Russia

Events from the year 1904 in Russia.

← 1903 1902 1901 1904 in Russia → 1905 1906 1907
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	History of Russia Timeline of Russian history List of years in Russia

Incumbents

• Monarch – Nicholas II
• Chairman of the Committee of Ministers - Sergei Witte

Events

• Battle of Chemulpo Bay
• Battle of Liaoyang
• Battle of Port Arthur
• 1904 Moscow tornado
• Russo-Japanese War
• Siege of Port Arthur

Births

• 22 January
  • George Balanchine, Russian-born American choreographer (died 1983)^[1]
  • Arkady Gaidar, children's writer (died 1941)^[2]
• 2 February – Valery Chkalov, Soviet test pilot (died 1938)^[3]
• 21 February – Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1980)^[4]
• 4 March – George Gamow, Ukrainian-born American physicist (died 1968)^[5]
• 1 April – Nikolai Berzarin, Soviet general (died 1945)^[6]
• 6 May – Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born Israeli engineer (died 1984)^[7]
• 10 July - Haim Ben-Asher, Russian-born Israeli politician (died 1998)^[8]
• 24 July – Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, Soviet admiral (died 1974)^[9]
• 28 July – Pavel Cherenkov, Soviet physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)^[10]
• 12 August - Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (died 1918)

Deaths

• 15 July [O.S. 2 July] 1904 - Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer. (b. 1860)^[11]
• 12 December [O.S. 29 November] 1904 - Emanuel Schiffers, Russian chess player (b. 1850)
• Maria A. Neidgardt, courtier (b. 1831)