1791 in Russia
| Years in Russia: | 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 |
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
| Decades: | 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s |
| Years: | 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 |
Events from the year 1791 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
- Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) continues
- July 10: Battle of Măcin
- August 11: Battle of Cape Kaliakra
- Kakhovka founded
- Pale of Settlement established
- Zoological Museum of Moscow University founded
Births
- Vladimir Fyodorovich Adlerberg, general
- Sergey Aksakov, writer
- Nikolay Bestuzhev, navy officer, writer, inventor, painter, Decembrist
- Kapiton Pavlov, portrait painter
- Yekaterina Saltykov, courtier
- Pyotr Sokolov (portraitist), portrait painter
- Alexandru Sturdza, diplomat and writer
Deaths
- Prince Alexander of Kartli (1726–1791), Georgian prince
- Yakov Knyazhnin, writer
- Grigory Potemkin (born 1739)
- Potap Kuzmich Zaikov, navigator in Russian America