1744 in Russia
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Events from the year 1744 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
- 28 June - The future Catherine the Great, Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst, fiancée of Peter III, the heir to the throne of Russia, converts to the Russian Orthodox Church and is received with the new name Catherine (Yekaterina or Ekaterina) and the (artificial) patronymic Алексеевна (Alekseyevna, daughter of Aleksey).
Births
- Elena von Rehbinder, industrialist
Deaths
References
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