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 siege: 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 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 ^[4]
• 14 April – Anastasia Tarakanova, figure skater ^[5]
• 23 June – Alexandra Trusova, figure skater ^[6]
• 6 December – Lala Kramarenko, rhythmic gymnast^{[ citation needed ] [7]}

Notable deaths

Further information: Category:2004 deaths and Deaths in 2004

February

Main article: Deaths in February 2004

• 13 February - Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, 52, Chechen politician.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 22 February - David Neiman, 82, Russian-born American rabbi, archaeologist and theologian. ^[8]

May

Main article: Deaths in May 2004

• 9 May - Akhmad Kadyrov ^[9]
• 22 May - Mikhail Voronin, gymnast (born 1945)^{[ citation needed ]}

June

Main article: Deaths in June 2004

• 11 June – Galina Serdyukovskaya, hygienist, academic and politician (born 1921) ^[10]

See also

• List of Russian films of 2004

References

1. 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. "About the prize". www.alexander-nevsky.ru. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
4. Anna Shcherbakova at the International Skating Union
5. Anastasia Tarakanova at the International Skating Union
6. Alexandra Trusova at the International Skating Union
7. king, saqib. "lala kramarenko". olympics.com.
8. "Rabbi David Neiman, 82; Scholar in Jewish History, Bible Studies". Los Angeles Times . 2004-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
9. Myers, Steven Lee (9 May 2004). "Chechen President is killed in bombing at holiday". New York Times. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
10. Ivanovich Popov, Valery (2022). Kuchma, Vladislav Remirovich (ed.). "Этапы развития гигиены детей и подростков: научное и педагогическое наследие академика Г.Н. Сердюковской (обзор литературы)" [Stages of development of hygiene of children and adolescents: scientific and pedagogical heritage of academician G.N. Serdyukovskaya (literature review)]. Health Sciences (in Russian) (7): 783–786. doi: 10.47470/0016-9900-2022-101-7-783-786 . Retrieved 5 July 2025.