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← 1911 1910 1909 1912 in Russia → 1913 1914 1915
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See also:	History of Russia Timeline of Russian history List of years in Russia

Events from the year 1912 in Russia.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Nicholas II
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovtsov
• Metropolitan and Archbishop of Moscow - St. Vladimir Vasily Bogoyavlensky

Events

• Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Brusilov Expedition
• Lena massacre
• 1912 Russian legislative election
• Moscow Art Theatre production of Hamlet
• Architect Vladimir Semyonov returns to Russia after having defected to London ^[1]
• St. Macarius II Mikhail Nevsky assumed the role of Metropolitan and Archbishop of Moscow.

Births

• 19 January – Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich, Soviet mathematician and economist, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources.
• 1 March – Boris Yevseyevich Chertok, Russian engineer in the former Soviet space program, working and guiding in control systems, known for his significant contributions to Soviet space program.

Deaths

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• Alexey Suvorin - publisher and journalist

References

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