Three notable events occurred in 1888 in Russia, under Alexander III. 29 October – Borki train disaster. Pochtovo-Telegrafnyi Zhurnal Semya i Shkola 5...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1888. 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting...

economy of Russia is an emerging and developing, high-income, industrialized, mixed market-oriented economy. It has the eleventh-largest economy in the world...

university, which opened in 1888, was the first university in the Asian part of Russia and, in practice, the first Russian university East of the Volga...

Swedish singer Günther Dehn (1882–1970), German theologian Lili Dehn (1888–1963), Russian writer Max Dehn (1878–1952), German-American mathematician Megan...

called the Model 1888 commission rifle) was a late 19th-century German bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1888. The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th...

several people Nikolay Goncharov (born 1984), Russian politician Pyotr Grigorievich Goncharov (1888-1970), Russian composer Ruslan Goncharov (b. 1973), Ukrainian...

Kuybyshev (1888–1935), Russian revolutionary Nikolay Kuibyshev (Kuybyshev) (1893–1938), Russian Red Army Komkor; brother of Valerian Several places in the Soviet...

census, the population of Russia was 147.2 million. It is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous country in the world, with a population...

Marine Technical Committee in 1888. She was built by New Admiralty yard, Saint Petersburg. Construction started on 29 October 1888, and she was launched on...

collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the ambassador's title was changed to Ambassador to the Russian Federation, as Russia is the USSR's direct successor...

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1888. 1888 in Norwegian music January 5 – The Neues deutsches Theater, Prague, is...

The year 1888 in art involved some significant events. January 26 – Paul Gauguin leaves Paris to rejoin the Pont-Aven School of artists in Brittany, where...

Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic...

The year 1888 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry, in Glasgow...

Frederick Banting (1891–1941), Canada – Insulin Vladimir Baranov-Rossine (1888–1944), Russia/France – Optophonic Piano John Barber (1734–1801), UK – gas turbine...

2013 chess tournament honoring Alexander Alekhine Alexei Alekhine (1888–1939), Russian chess master and brother of Alexander Grace Alekhine (1876–1956)...

Rhine GCB (Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil; 15 July 1823 – 15 December 1888), was the third son and fourth child of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and...

related to rail transport that occurred in 1888. February 2 - Frank J. Sprague built an electric light rail system in Richmond, VA, for the Richmond Union...

producer (Bay's grandfather was Russian) Irving Berlin (1888–1989), Russian-born, considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history, nominated...

(1888–1938), Russian member of the 16th Congress Central Committee Pyotr Tsarkaov, Russian member of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council in 2012...

the year 1888 in Italy Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900) Prime Minister – Francesco Crispi (1887–1891) The total population of Italy in 1888 (within the...

(Russian: Александр III Александрович Романов, romanized: Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich Romanov; 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia...

Samsonov (1888–1955), Soviet politician and veteran of the Russian Civil War Timofey Skryabin (born 1967), Soviet boxer MT Timofey Guzhenko, a Russian icebreaking...

Der Stürmer newspaper, executed for war crimes Lyubov Streicher (1888-1958), Russian composer Ludwig Streicher (1920–2003), contrabassist from Vienna...

epidemiologist, technologist, and author Varvara Brilliant-Lerman (1888–1954), Russian plant physiologist Brilliant Dadashova, Azerbaijani pop singer Brillant...

(Russian: Граф Михаил Тариелович Лорис-Меликов, Armenian: Միքայել Լոռու-Մելիքյան; October 21 [O.S. November 2] 1824 – 24 December 1888) was a Russian-Armenian...

The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social change in Russia, starting in 1917. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a...

named after Russian surgeon and pedagogue N.I. Pirogov (1810-1888).[better source needed] In 2024 US News & World Report ranked it #1,563 in the world....

who have lived in Saint Petersburg, Russia (1914–1924: Petrograd, 1924–1991: Leningrad). Peter II of Russia (1715–1730) Emperor of Russia from 1727 to 1730...