2004 in Russia explained

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

• 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 siege: Chechen separatists take over 1,000 hostages at a school in North Ossetia–Alania.^[1]
• 3 September - Beslan school siege: Russian troops storm the school.^[1] As a result of the siege, over 330 people, including 186 children, were killed.^[2]

• 26 December - 9 Russians are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Sport

2004 Summer Olympics - Afina - 3rd place

Undated

• The Alexander Nevsky prize, a Russian national historical-literary competition is established.^[3]

Births

• 28 March  - Anna Shcherbakova, figure skater
• 14 April  - Anastasia Tarakanova, figure skater
• 23 June  - Alexandra Trusova, figure skater
• 6 December  - Lala Kramarenko, rhythmic gymnast^[4]

Notable deaths

February

See main article: Deaths in February 2004.

• 13 February - Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, 52, Chechen politician.
• 22 February - David Neiman, 82, Russian-born American rabbi, archaeologist and theologian.^[5]

May

See main article: Deaths in May 2004.

• 9 May - Akhmad Kadyrov
• 22 May - Mikhail Voronin, gymnast (born 1945)

See also

• List of Russian films of 2004

Notes and References

1. Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 656–660.
2. News: "Putin meets angry Beslan mothers", BBC News. 2008-04-19 . 2005-09-02.
3. Web site: About the prize . 2024-08-06 . www.alexander-nevsky.ru.
4. Web site: king . saqib . lala kramarenko . olympics.com.
5. News: Rabbi David Neiman, 82; Scholar in Jewish History, Bible Studies. Los Angeles Times. 2004-03-06. 2019-02-04.