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 hostage crisis: 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.
- 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]
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)
References
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