1996 in Russia
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Events from the year 1996 in Russia.
Incumbents
- President: Boris Yeltsin
- Prime Minister: Viktor Chernomyrdin
- Minister of Defence: Pavel Grachev (until 17 July), Mikhail Kolesnikov (until 17 July), Igor Rodionov
Events
January
- 9-18 January - Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis
April
- 16 April - Shatoy ambush
June
- 16 June - The first round of the 1996 Russian presidential election is held.
July
- 3 July - The second round of the 1996 Russian presidential election is held.
August
- 6-20 August - Battle of Grozny (August 1996)
- 30 August - The Khasavyurt Accord is signed.
November
- 11 November - Kotlyakovskoya Cemetery bombing
December
- 24 December - The Bion No.11 spacecraft is launched.
Births
- 16 March - Anna Ovcharova, Russian/Swiss figure skater
- 19 March - Feodosiy Efremenkov, figure skater
- 2 April - Polina Agafonova, figure skater
- 12 April - Elizaveta Kulichkova, tennis player
- 14 April - Tuyana Dashidorzhieva, archer[1]
- 22 May - Aleksandr Ageyev, footballer
Deaths
- 27 January - Vsevolod Sanayev, actor (b. 1912)
- 23 May - Kronid Lyubarsky, human rights activist (b. 1934)
- 14 June - Alexander Knyazhinsky, cinematographer (b. 1936)
- 29 June - Dmitri Pokrovsky, musician (b. 1944)
References
- ^ "Tuiana DASHIDORZHIEVA - Olympic | Russian Federation". International Olympic Committee. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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