Russia-related events during the year of 1740
Events from the year 1740 in Russia
Events
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- January - The Ice House was built in St. Petersburg.
- 28 October - 2-months old Prince Ivan Antonovich succeeds Empress Anna of Russia as Ivan VI under the regency of Anna's favourite Ernst von Biron.
- 20 November - Biron was arrested by the guards led by Burkhard Christoph von Münnich
- The rulers of the northeast of the Middle Zhuz, including Ablai Khan, concluded an agreement on the Russian protectorate over the Middle Zhuz.
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