Events happened in 1894 in Russia.
Incumbents Monarch – Alexander III (until 1 November); Nicholas II (starting 1 November)
Births March 30 – Nikolai Barabashov, Ukrainian astronomer. (d. 1971) April 15 – Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. (d. 1971) August 26 – Maksim Purkayev, Soviet general (d. 1953)
Deaths Alexander III, monarch (born 1845) Nadezhda von Meck, patron of Peter Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)
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