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
The Moscow Manege fire.
 * 14 March - Vladimir Putin wins the presidential election and secures his second term as president.
 * 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

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)