2004 in Russia

• President: Vladimir Putin
• Prime Minister: Mikhail Kasyanov to February 24 Viktor Khristenko as Acting Prime Minister to March 5 Mikhail Fradkov

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

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• 26 December - 9 Russians are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

2004 Summer Olympics - Afina - 3rd place

• The Alexander Nevsky prize, a Russian national historical-literary competition is established.{{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}}

• 28 March – Anna Shcherbakova, figure skater{{isu name | id= 00103103 | name= Anna Shcherbakova }}
• 14 April – Anastasia Tarakanova, figure skater{{isu name | id= 00102762 | name= Anastasia Tarakanova }}
• 23 June – Alexandra Trusova, figure skater{{isu name | id= 00102760 | name= Alexandra Trusova }}
• 6 December – Lala Kramarenko, rhythmic gymnast{{cn|date=September 2022}}{{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}}

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• 13 February - Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, 52, Chechen politician.{{cn|date=September 2022}}
• 22 February - David Neiman, 82, Russian-born American rabbi, archaeologist and theologian.{{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}}

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• 9 May - Akhmad Kadyrov{{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}}
• 22 May - Mikhail Voronin, gymnast (born 1945){{cn|date=September 2022}}

• List of Russian films of 2004

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