2004 in Russia
# 2004 in Russia

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

## 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

## Notable deaths

### February

* 13 February - Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
* 22 February - David Neiman, 82, Russian-born American rabbi, archaeologist and theologian.
* 28 February - Ruslan Gelayev

### May

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