2004 in Russia

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Events from the year 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[]

Beslan school hostage crisis: photos of the victims on the walls of the former SNO in Beslan
  • 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] Over 330 people, including 186 children, are killed during the siege.[2]
  • 26 December - 9 Russians are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Sport[]

2004 Summer Olympics - Afina - 3rd place

Births[]

  • 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

Notable deaths[]

  • 13 February - Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
  • 28 February - Ruslan Gelayev
  • 9 May - Akhmad Kadyrov
  • 22 May - Mikhail Voronin, gymnast (born 1945)

See also[]

  • List of Russian films of 2004

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 656–660. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  2. ^ ""Putin meets angry Beslan mothers", BBC News". 2005-09-02. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  3. ^ Anna Shcherbakova at the International Skating Union
  4. ^ Anastasia Tarakanova at the International Skating Union
  5. ^ Alexandra Trusova at the International Skating Union

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