2007 in Russia

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Events from the year 2007 in Russia.

Incumbents

President - Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister - Mikhail Fradkov to September 14, Viktor Zubkov

Events

January 1: The Evenk and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs merged with Krasnoyarsk Krai, ending their status as federal subjects.
January 8: The Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates.
February 2: Orange Snow fell in Siberia, most likely caused by sandstorms in neighboring Kazakhstan.
March 17: UTair Flight 471 ends with a hard landing, killing at least 6 people and injuring 20 others.
March 19: The Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster, a methane explosion Kemerovo Oblast, kills at least 108 people.
April: It is reported in Forbes magazine, an American publication, that Russia now has 60 billionaires, mostly living in Moscow, which is believed to have more millionaires than any other city in the world. 15 years ago, Russia did not even have any millionaires.^[1]
April 27: A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Chechnya, killing all 20 federal troops aboard.
July 1: The Koryak Autonomous Okrug merged with Kamchatka Oblast, creating Kamchatka Krai.
July 4: The International Olympic Committee awards the 2014 Winter Olympics to, Sochi, Russia.
July 10 – August 4: The Arktika 2007 expedition commences, which is the first crewed descent to the ocean bottom at the North Pole.
Summer: The Dissenters March, which began in December 2006, continue throughout the summer.
September 7: Russian personnel are ambushed in the Vedeno region of Chechnya.
November 15: The Guerilla phase of the Second Chechen War continues.
November 24: Anti-Putin Protests, led by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, erupted in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
December 2: A Chechen constitutional referendum was held in Chechnya.
December 2: The Legislative elections for seats in the State Duma resulted in a majority win by United Russia.

Popular culture

Sports

Sergey Obukhov, a player for the bandy team, Dynamo Moscow.

January 27 – February 4: The Bandy World Championships, the sport competition for Bandy, began in Kemerovo.
April 21 – September 23: The Russian Championship XVII, a tournament for semi-professional rugby league clubs, began.
April 27 – May 13: The 71st IIHF World Championship sponsored by International Ice Hockey Federation was held in Moscow.
August 19 – August 26: The Women's European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Kirishi.
September 28 – October 7: The World Fencing Championships were held in Saint Petersburg.
November 21: The Russian football season ends, with the national football team winning 5 out of 10 games.
November 22–25: The Cup of Russia, an international figure skating competition, began in Moscow.

Arts

March 1 – 5: The 12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film is held, with the Grand Prix award given to My Love.
May 10 – 12: Russia's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Finland, "Song Number 1", comes in third.

Notable births

29 April - Mirra Andreeva, tennis player
5 June - Adeliia Petrosian, figure skater

Notable deaths

January

January 9 – Yelena Petushkova, 66, Russian equestrian, double medallist at the 1972 Olympics, after long illness.^[2]^[3]
January 19 – Murat Nasyrov, 37, Russian pop singer of Uyghur ethnicity, committed suicide.^[4]

April

April 23 – Boris Yeltsin, 76, Russian politician, first President of the Russian Federation (1991–1999), heart failure.^[5]
April 27 – Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist and conductor (born 1927)^[6]

November

November 2 – Igor Moiseyev, 101, Russian choreographer, heart failure.^[7]
November 3 – Aleksandr Dedyushko, 45, Russian actor, car crash.^[8]
November 23 – Vladimir Kryuchkov, 83, Russian former KGB chief, led coup against Mikhail Gorbachev.^[9]^[10]

References

^ Wingfield, Rupert (2007-04-21). "Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Moscow's suburb for billionaires". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
^ "Olympian Yelena Petushkova dies". Horsetalk.co.nz. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ "Décès de Yelena Petushkova, championne olympique de dressage à Munich". Télévision Suisse Romande (in French). 9 January 2007. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ "Шоу-бизнес.ру". Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
^ "Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies". BBC News. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^ "Russian Conductor, Composer, Cellist Rostropovich Dies". Voice of America News. 27 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ Anderson, Jack (3 November 2007). "Igor Moiseyev, 101, Choreographer, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ Киноактер Александр Дедюшко погиб в автокатастрофе [The actor Alexander Dedyushko was killed in a car crash]. LENTA.RU (in Russian). 4 November 2007. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ "Vladimir Kryuchkov; helped plot Soviet coup". The Boston Globe. The Associated Press. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ Levy, Clifford J. (26 November 2007). "Vladimir Kryuchkov, 83, Ex-Chief of K.G.B." The New York Times. p. 21.

External links

[1] Wingfield, Rupert (2007-04-21). "Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Moscow's suburb for billionaires". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

[2] "Olympian Yelena Petushkova dies". Horsetalk.co.nz. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[3] "Décès de Yelena Petushkova, championne olympique de dressage à Munich". Télévision Suisse Romande (in French). 9 January 2007. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[4] "Шоу-бизнес.ру". Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-09-22.

[5] "Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies". BBC News. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

[6] "Russian Conductor, Composer, Cellist Rostropovich Dies". Voice of America News. 27 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

[7] Anderson, Jack (3 November 2007). "Igor Moiseyev, 101, Choreographer, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[8] Киноактер Александр Дедюшко погиб в автокатастрофе [The actor Alexander Dedyushko was killed in a car crash]. LENTA.RU (in Russian). 4 November 2007. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[9] "Vladimir Kryuchkov; helped plot Soviet coup". The Boston Globe. The Associated Press. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[10] Levy, Clifford J. (26 November 2007). "Vladimir Kryuchkov, 83, Ex-Chief of K.G.B." The New York Times. p. 21.

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