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Russia in 1842

Historical records for Russia in 1842, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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Historical records

July

July 1842Reballion of Rebels in Kazan provinceNicholas I

Kazan · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Suppresses a rebellion in the Kazan province

July 1842Reballion of Rebels in Kazan provinceNicholas I

Kazan · Warfare / Military

Suppresses a rebellion in the Kazan province

Other Events

1842A Life for the CzarMikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Arts / Classical Music

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, father of modern Russian music, composes opera, "A Life for the Czar"

1842Dead SoulsNikolai Vasilyevich Gogol

Arts / Literature

"The Overcoat", about a downtrodden clerk who sacrifices much to buy a new overcoat that is stolen the first time he wears it. "Dead Souls", concerns the rogue Chichikov who buys the names of dead serfs from landowners in order to mortgage them as property

1842Synthetic AnilineNikolay Nikolaevich Zinin

Kazan · Science / Chemistry

The achievement marks synthetic aniline as an important Russian scientific milestone.

1842The OvercoatNikolai Vasilyevich Gogol

Arts / Literature

"The Overcoat", about a downtrodden clerk who sacrifices much to buy a new overcoat that is stolen the first time he wears it. "Dead Souls", concerns the rogue Chichikov who buys the names of dead serfs from landowners in order to mortgage them as property

1842Zinin ReductionNikolay Nikolaevich Zinin

Kazan · Science / Chemistry

Develops a reduction method that converts nitrobenzene into aniline.

Names involved

Mikhail Ivanovich GlinkaNicholas INikolai Vasilyevich GogolNikolay Nikolaevich Zinin

Places involved

Kazan

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.