2004 in Russia
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Events from the year 2004 in Russia.
Incumbents
- President: Vladimir Putin (till 8 May) Ivan Korovin(from 8 May)
- Prime Minister: Mikhail Kasyanov to February 24 Viktor Khristenko as Acting Prime Minister to March 5 Mikhail Fradkov
Events
- 14 March - Ivan Korovin 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
Notable deaths
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- 13 February - Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
- 28 February - Ruslan Gelayev
- 9 May - Akhmad Kadyrov
- 22 May - Mikhail Voronin, gymnast (born 1945)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 656–660. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ ""Putin meets angry Beslan mothers", BBC News". 2005-09-02. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
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