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Events from1893 inRussia.

• Monarch –Alexander III^[1]

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• The construction of theOb railway bridge began, which led to the founding of theNovonikolayevsky settlement. This settlement would later become the city ofNovosibirsk in 1904, now one of Russia's largest cities.^[2]
• Tchaikovsky completed his final symphony, known as thePathétique (Symphony No. 6), leading the first performance inSaint Petersburg.^{[citation needed]}

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  Russia participated in theChicago World's Fair, organizing a committee in St. Petersburg to coordinate exhibits. The committee published materials on Russian economy, industry, and technology for the occasion. Russia showcased machinery, agricultural products, vodka, and fine arts to highlight its modernization and industrial progress to the Western audience.^[3]
• The EmperorAlexander III and his wife EmpressMaria Feodorovna on holiday in Copenhagen.^[4]
• Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, visits England for the wedding of KingGeorge V andQueen Mary.^[5]
• The increase in the population has greatly reduced the average holding of land, which in 1893 amounted to 6.5 acres for each peasant. The improvidence of the peasants, drink, backward methods in agriculture, and bad crops have on more than one occasion causedfamine to be felt in the agricultural regions.^[6]
• A detailed medical report was published by Dr. Frank Clemow documenting thecholera epidemic in theCaucasus region of Russia. The study analyzed how geography influenced the spread and severity of the outbreak, showing that the low-lyingNorthern Caucasus suffered more cases than the mountainousSouthern Caucasus.^[7]
• Two letters exchanged between PrincessAlix of Hesse andNicholas Alexandrovich of Russia. In late 1893 they had already been in love for several years, but Alix was unwilling to convert to Orthodoxy which led her to initially reject Nicholas.^[8]
• TheU.S Senate ratified an extradition treaty with theEmperor of Russia. PresidentGrover Cleveland signed it into law.^[9]
• The Russian Government continued to enforceanti-semitic laws, adopting a policy to deny American Jews visas for visits to Russia on the basis of their religion. Despite official and unofficial American protest, the Russians maintained this policy for decades.^[10]
• The first publication ofThe Story of an Unknown Man byAnton Chekhov.^{[citation needed]}
• Vladimir Bekhterev describedAnkylosing spondylitis (Bekhterev's disease).^[11]
• Sergei Rachmaninoff composed thesymphonic poemThe Rock.^[12]
• France and Russia signed a formal defensive treaty known as theDual Alliance.^[13]

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• January 17 –Robert Brichenok,artillerylieutenant general (d.1972)
• February 19 –Boris Belousov,chemist andbiophysicist (d.1970)
• April 2 –Sergei Protopopov,avant-garde composer and music theorist (d.1954)
• August 19 –Olga Baclanova, actress (d.1974)
• June 27 –Ivan Belov, military commander andKomandarm 1st rank (d.1938)
• July 19 –Vladimir Mayakovsky, poet, playwright, artist, and actor, a prominent figure of theRussian Futurist movement (d.1930)
• September 4 –Nicholas Afanasiev,Eastern Orthodoxtheologian (d.1966)
• October 6 –Mikhail Babushkin, polar aviator (d.1937)
• October 12 –Yakov Agranov, the first chief of the SovietMain Directorate of State Security and a deputy ofNKVD chiefGenrikh Yagoda (d.1938)
• November 10 –Aksel Berg, scientist in radio-frequency engineering andSoviet Navy Admiral (d.1979)
• November 13 –Filipp Alyabushev, major general in World War II (d.1940)

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• March 25 –Nikolay Alekseyev, entrepreneur andMayor ofMoscow (b.1852)
• May 31 –Anna Barykova, poet, satirist and translator (b.1839)
• June 5 –Yakov Grot, philologist (b.1812)
• June 26 –Konstantin Albrecht,cellist, teacher and administrator (b.1836)
• August 29 –Aleksey Apukhtin, poet, writer and critic (b.1840)
• October 12 –Nikolai Zverev,pianist and teacher (b.1833)
• October 16 –Iosif Kablits, revolutionary activist, sociologist and publicist (b.1848)
• November 6 –Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer during theRomantic period (b.1840)
• November 8 –Kirill Gorbunov, portrait painter andlithographer (b.1822)
• November 10 –Leonid Hlibov, poet, writer, teacher, and civic figure (b.1827)
• December 10 –Vasily Kenel, architect (b.1834)
• December 13 -Karolina Pavlova, poet and novelist (b.1807)
• December 16 –Sergei Gribkov, painter and iconographer (b.1822)

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