1862. St Petersburg, great fire. Loss, £1,000,000.
1752. Moscow, 18,000 houses burned.
1812. Moscow, The Russians fired the city on September 14 to drive out the army of Napoleon. The fire continued five days. Nine-tenths of the city was destroyed. Number of houses burned, 30,800. Loss, £30,000,000.
1753. Archangel, 900 houses burned.
1793. Archangel, 3000 buildings and the cathedral burned.
1786. Tobolsk, nearly destroyed.
1788. Milau, nearly destroyed.
1812. Riga, partly destroyed.
1834. Tula, destructive fire.
1848. Orel, large part of the town destroyed.