1999 in Russia

This article does not cite any sources. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (March 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

← 1998 1997 1996 1999 in Russia → 2000 2001 2002
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1999 History of Russia  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1999 in Russia.

Incumbents[]

• President: Boris Yeltsin (until 31 December), Vladimir Putin
• Prime Minister:
  • until 12 May: Yevgeny Maximovich Primakov
  • 12 May-9 August: Sergei Stepashin
  • starting 9 August: Vladimir Putin
• Minister of Defence: Igor Sergeyev

Events[]

March[]

• 19 March - 1999 Vladikavkaz bombing

June[]

• June - Exercise Zapad-99

August[]

• August - Invasion of Dagestan

September[]

• September - Russian apartment bombings

October[]

• 7 October - Elistanzhi cluster bomb attack
• 21 October - Grozny ballistic missile attack
• 29 October - Baku–Rostov highway bombing

December[]

• December - Alkhan-Yurt massacre
• 3 December - 1999 Grozny refugee convoy shooting
• 19 December - 1999 Russian legislative election

Births[]

• 1 June - Dmitri Aliev, figure skater

Deaths[]

• 12 June - Sergey Khlebnikov, Olympic speed skater (b. 1955)
• 3 July - Igor Belsky, ballet dancer (b. 1925)
• 28 July - Georgy Rerberg, cinematographer (b. 1937)
• 7 October - Genrikh Sapgir, writer (b. 1928)
• 21 December - Sergey Nagovitsyn, singer (b. )

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1999 in Russia.