2005_in_Russia
2005 in Russia
List of events
Events from the year 2005 in Russia.
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- January 1: Monetization of in-kind benefits
- January 15: 2005 Dagestan Raids
- March 17: Assassination attempt of Anatoly Chubais. Vladimir Kvachkov was charged for the crime, but was acquitted by a jury.[1]
- May 25: 2005 Moscow power blackouts
- June 4: Borozdinovskaya operation
- July 1: Makhachkala Rus bombing
- July 1: King's Gate in Kaliningrad reopens after renovation, marking the city's 750th anniversary.
- August 24–30: 1000th Anniversary of Kazan celebrations.
- August 27: Kazan Metro opens
- August 29: TatNeft Arena opens
- September 27: Chief Rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt expelled from Russia during passport control at Domodedovo airport. The incident is related to the conflict between the Jewish community of Moscow and the Russian Jewish Congress.
- October 1: the first meeting of the Civic Chamber of Russia
- October 3: White Army general Anton Denikin and philosopher Ivan Ilyin reburied in the Donskoy Monastery necropolis
- October 13–14: 2005 Nalchik raid
- November 4: the first National Unity Day celebration in Russia. Also, the first Russian March took place on 4 November 2005 and was the first legal far-right mass meeting in modern Russian history.
- November 17: launch of Blue Stream gas pipeline
- December 1: Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug merged with Perm Oblast to form Perm Krai.
- December 4: 2005 Moscow City Duma election. United Russia received 47.25% of the votes, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation - 16.75%, and Yabloko - 11.11%. The remaining parties were unable to overcome the 10 percent threshold. The turnout at the elections was 34.77% of the total registered voters.
- December 10: Russia Today begin its broadcast
Main article: births in 2005
Further information: Category:2005 births
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Further information: Category:2005 deaths and Deaths in 2005
January
Main article: Deaths in January 2005
- January 1 – Dmitry Nelyubin, 33, Russian cyclist, murdered.[2]
- January 15 – Leonid Brekhovskikh, 87, Russian scientist.[3]
February
Main article: Deaths in February 2005
- February 2 – Magomed Omarov, Russian politician, deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan.[4]
- February 6 – Lazar Berman, 74, Russian classical pianist.[5]
- February 9 – Sergei Hackel, 83, British Russian Orthodox priest, theologian and broadcaster.[6]
- February 11 – Vladimir Kotelnikov, electrical engineer[citation needed]
March
Main article: Deaths in March 2005
- March 8 – Aslan Maskhadov,[7] president of the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
May
Main article: Deaths in May 2005
- May 15 – Natalya Gundareva, 56, Russian actress, stroke.[8]
July
Main article: Deaths in July 2005
- July 20 – Nikolay Aksyonenko, 56, former chief of the Russian Railways[9]
August
Main article: Deaths in August 2005
- August 6 – Valentin Nikulin, 73, actor[10]
- August 7 – Mikhail Yevdokimov, 47, Russian comedian and politician, car accident.[11]
- August 29 – Nikolai Bakhvalov, mathematician[citation needed]
September
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- September 20 – Yuri Aizenshpis, music manager and producer[citation needed]
- September 21 – Mustai Karim, Bashkir poet[citation needed]
- September 30 – Sergei Starostin, historical linguist[citation needed]
October
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- October 13 – Ilyas Gorchkhanov, North Caucasus warlord[citation needed]
- October 14 – Oleg Lundstrem, composer and conductor[citation needed]
- October 18 – Alexander Yakovlev, Soviet politician[citation needed]
- October 26 – Margarita Nazarova, circus performer and actress[citation needed]
November
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- November 19 – Karen Ter-Martirosian, theoretical physicist[citation needed]
- November 25 – Polina Gelman, WWII flight navigator[citation needed]
December
Main article: Deaths in December 2005
- December 5 – Vladimir Toporov, philologist[citation needed]
- December 26 – Viktor Stepanov, actor[citation needed]
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- "Ubil bez vidimogo povoda" (in Russian). Vzglyad, 8 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- Mikhalevsky, P; Godin, O; Naugolnykh, K; Dubrovsky, N (2005). "Leonid Maksimovich Brekhovskikh". Physics Today. 58 (11): 70. Bibcode:2005PhT....58k..70M. doi:10.1063/1.2155769.
- "Minister assassinated in Dagestan". Al Jazeera. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- Allan Kozinn (9 February 2005). "Lazar Berman, Pianist Known for Powerful Style, Dies at 74". The New York Times. p. C 19. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- "Archpriest Sergei Hackel". The Telegraph. 18 February 2005.
- "Aslan Maskhadov". The Economist. 10 March 2005. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- "Natalya Georgyevna Gundareva". www.rusactors.ru. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
- "Николай Аксененко умер без комментариев". Kommersant (in Russian). 2005-07-21. Archived from the original on 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- "Телеканал "Культура". Выбор Валентина Никулина". July 6, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-07-06.
- "Россия не понимает юмора. В новом сезоне телеканал делает ставку на проверенные формы вещания". Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
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