1904 in Russia

• Monarch – Nicholas II • Chairman of the Committee of Ministers - Sergei Witte ==Events==

• • • • • • 9 February – Battle of Chemulpo Bay: a naval engagement at Chemulpo Bay in Korea between Russian and Japanese forces at the start of the Russo-Japanese War. • Battle of Liaoyang • Battle of Port Arthur • 1904 Moscow tornado • 8 February – The Russo-Japanese War begins with a surprise Japanese attack on Port Arthur. • Siege of Port Arthur ==Births==

• 22 January • George Balanchine, Russian-born American choreographer (died 1983) • Arkady Gaidar, children's writer (died 1941) • 2 February – Valery Chkalov, Soviet test pilot (died 1938) • 21 February – Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1980) • 4 March – George Gamow, Ukrainian-born American physicist (died 1968) • 1 April – Nikolai Berzarin, Soviet general (died 1945) • 6 May – Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born Israeli engineer (died 1984) • 10 July - Haim Ben-Asher, Russian-born Israeli politician (died 1998) • 24 July – Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, Soviet admiral (died 1974) • 28 July – Pavel Cherenkov, Soviet physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990) • 12 August - Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (died 1918) ==Deaths==

• • • • - Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer. (b. 1860) • - Emanuel Schiffers, Russian chess player (b. 1850) • Maria A. Neidgardt, courtier (b. 1831) ==References==