1996 in Russia

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Events from the year 1996 in Russia

Incumbents

• President: Boris Yeltsin
• 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 Russian presidential election, 1996 is held.

July

• 3 July - The second round of the Russian presidential election, 1996 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

• 2 April - Polina Agafonova, figure skater
• 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)