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{{Year in Russia|2004}}

Events from the year '''2004 in [[Russia]]'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[President of the Russian Federation|President]]: [[Vladimir Putin]]
* [[Prime Minister of the Russian Federation|Prime Minister]]: [[Mikhail Kasyanov]] to February 24 [[Viktor Khristenko]] as Acting Prime Minister to March 5 [[Mikhail Fradkov]]

==Events==
[[File:Beslan school no 1 victim photos.jpg|thumb|right|[[Beslan school siege]]: photos of the victims on the walls of the former SNO in Beslan]]
* 14 March
** Vladimir Putin wins the [[2004 Russian presidential election|presidential election]] and secures his second term as president.
** The [[Moscow Manege]] fire.
* 16 March - [[2004 Arkhangelsk explosion|Arkhangelsk explosion]].
* 9 May - Assassination of the Pro-Russian [[Chechnya|Chechen]] President [[Akhmad Kadyrov]] in [[Grozny]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/656|url-access=registration|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/656 656–660]}}</ref>
* 13 August–29 August - [[Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Russia]] competes at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|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.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
* 1 September - [[Beslan school siege]]: Chechen separatists take over 1,000 hostages at a school in [[North Ossetia–Alania]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
* 3 September - Beslan school siege: Russian troops storm the school.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/> As a result of the siege, over 330 people, including 186 children, were killed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4207112.stm|title="Putin meets angry Beslan mothers", BBC News|access-date=2008-04-19 | date=2005-09-02}}</ref>
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* 26 December - 9 [[Russians]] are among the victims of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Indian Ocean tsunami]].

=== Sport ===
[[2004 Summer Olympics]] - Afina - 3rd place

=== Undated ===
* The [[Alexander Nevsky (prize)|Alexander Nevsky prize]], a Russian national historical-literary competition is established.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the prize |url=https://www.alexander-nevsky.ru/about-the-prize |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=www.alexander-nevsky.ru}}</ref>

==Births==
* 28 March &ndash; [[Anna Shcherbakova]], figure skater<ref>{{isu name | id= 00103103 | name= Anna Shcherbakova }}</ref>
* 14 April &ndash; [[Anastasia Tarakanova]], figure skater<ref>{{isu name | id= 00102762 | name= Anastasia Tarakanova }}</ref>
* 23 June &ndash; [[Alexandra Trusova]], figure skater<ref>{{isu name | id= 00102760 | name= Alexandra Trusova }}</ref>
* 6 December &ndash; [[Lala Kramarenko]], rhythmic gymnast{{cn|date=September 2022}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=king |first=saqib |title=lala kramarenko |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/meet-lala-kramarenko-russia-rising-star-rhythmic-gymnastics |website=olympics.com}}</ref>

==Notable deaths==
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===February===
{{main|Deaths in February 2004}}
* 13 February - [[Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev]], 52, Chechen politician.{{cn|date=September 2022}}
* 22 February - [[David Neiman]], 82, Russian-born American rabbi, archaeologist and theologian.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-mar-06-me-passings6.5-story.html|title=Rabbi David Neiman, 82; Scholar in Jewish History, Bible Studies|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2004-03-06|access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>

===May===
{{main|Deaths in May 2004}}
* 9 May - [[Akhmad Kadyrov]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Steven Lee |date=9 May 2004 |title=Chechen President is killed in bombing at holiday |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/international/europe/chechen-president-is-killed-in-bombing-at-holiday.html |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* 22 May - [[Mikhail Voronin]], gymnast (born 1945){{cn|date=September 2022}}

==See also==
*[[List of Russian films of 2004]]

==References==
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==External links==
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