1996 in Russia

Events from the year 1996 in Russia.

Incumbents

 * President: Boris Yeltsin
 * Prime Minister: Viktor Chernomyrdin
 * Minister of Defence: Pavel Grachev (until 17 July), Mikhail Kolesnikov (until 17 July), Igor Rodionov

January

 * 9–18 January – Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis

April

 * 16 April – Shatoy ambush

June

 * 16 June – The first round of the 1996 Russian presidential election is held.

July

 * 3 July – The second round of the 1996 Russian presidential election 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

 * 11 February – Daniil Medvedev, tennis player
 * 16 March – Anna Ovcharova, Russian/Swiss figure skater
 * 19 March – Feodosiy Efremenkov, figure skater
 * 2 April – Polina Agafonova, figure skater
 * 12 April – Elizaveta Kulichkova, tennis player
 * 14 April – Tuyana Dashidorzhieva, archer
 * 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)
 * 3 November - Paul Tatum, Russian-American businessman (born 1955)