2004 in Russia

Incumbents

• President: Vladimir Putin
• Prime Minister: Mikhail Kasyanov to February 24 Viktor Khristenko as Acting Prime Minister to March 5 Mikhail Fradkov

Events

• 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.
• 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 September - Beslan school siege: Chechen separatists take over 1,000 hostages at a school in North Ossetia–Alania.
• 3 September - Beslan school siege: Russian troops storm the school. As a result of the siege, over 330 people, including 186 children, were killed.
• 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.

Births

• 28 March – Anna Shcherbakova, figure skater
• 14 April – Anastasia Tarakanova, figure skater
• 23 June – Alexandra Trusova, figure skater
• 6 December – Lala Kramarenko, rhythmic gymnast

Notable deaths

February

Main article: Deaths in February 2004

• 13 February - Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, 52, Chechen politician.
• 22 February - David Neiman, 82, Russian-born American rabbi, archaeologist and theologian.

May

Main article: Deaths in May 2004

• 9 May - Akhmad Kadyrov
• 22 May - Mikhail Voronin, gymnast (born 1945)

June

Main article: Deaths in June 2004

• 11 June – Galina Serdyukovskaya, hygienist, academic and politician (born 1921)

References

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