•
3 January -
1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7
moment magnitude strikes near
Almaty in
Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. •
18 February - an
earthquake in Pamir Mountains blocking the
Murghab River by a landslide led to the formation of
Sarez Lake •
20 February - , 64 dead, most of them (43) are children •
25 March - murder of Andrei Yushchinsky, a student of the preparatory class of the Kiev Sophia religious school. The authorities (including the Minister of Justice) put pressure on the investigation and contributed to the adoption of a religious-ritual version of the murder. The Jew
Mendel Beilis was accused of the crime, but the jury acquitted him. The murder investigation and the ensuing trial, known as the "Beilis case", were widely covered in the Russian and world press. •
7 July -
North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911\ •
27 August -
CSKA Moscow, a professional multi-sports club is officially founded. •
14 September - Prime Minister of Russia Pyotr Stolypin assassinated by
Dmitry Bogrov in
Kiev Opera House •
29 October–
23 November -
Russian Invasion of Tabriz, 1911 •
7 December - between Russia and
China on border demarcation in the
Argun River area •
Gleb Kotelnikov invented the knapsack
parachute •
Air Intelligence branch of Russia's Airforce is created. ==Births==