2004_in_Russia
2004 in Russia
List of events
Events from the year 2004 in Russia.
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- President: Vladimir Putin
- Prime Minister: Mikhail Kasyanov to February 24 Viktor Khristenko as Acting Prime Minister to March 5 Mikhail Fradkov
- 14 March - Vladimir Putin wins the presidential election and secures his second term as president.
The Moscow Manege fire.
- 16 March - Arkhangelsk explosion
- 9 May - Assassination of the Pro-Russian Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov in Grozny.[1]
- 13 August–29 August - Russia competes at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and wins 27 gold, 27 silver and 38 bronze medals.
- 29 August - Alu Alkhanov succeeds Kadyrov as President of Chechnya following elections.[1]
- 1 September - Beslan school hostage crisis: Chechen separatists take over 1,000 hostages at a school in North Ossetia–Alania.[1]
- 3 September - Beslan school hostage crisis: Russian troops storm the school.[1] As a result of the siege, over 330 people, including 186 children, were killed.[2]
- 26 December - 9 Russians are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Sport
2004 Summer Olympics - Afina - 3rd place
Undated
- The Alexander Nevsky prize, a Russian national historical-literary competition is established.
- 28 March – Anna Shcherbakova, figure skater[3]
- 14 April – Anastasia Tarakanova, figure skater[4]
- 23 June – Alexandra Trusova, figure skater[5]
- 6 December – Lala Kramarenko, rhythmic gymnast[citation needed]
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Further information: Category:2004 deaths and Deaths in 2004
February
Main article: Deaths in February 2004
- 13 February - Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev[citation needed]
- 22 February - David Neiman, 82, Russian-born American rabbi, archaeologist and theologian.[6]
- 28 February - Ruslan Gelayev[citation needed]
May
Main article: Deaths in May 2004
- 9 May - Akhmad Kadyrov[citation needed]
- 22 May - Mikhail Voronin, gymnast (born 1945)[citation needed]
- Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 656–660. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ""Putin meets angry Beslan mothers", BBC News". 2005-09-02. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- "Rabbi David Neiman, 82; Scholar in Jewish History, Bible Studies". Los Angeles Times. 2004-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
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