The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Russia.
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National Anthem of Russia (1991-2000) - "Патриотическая Песня" (Patriotic Song)
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National Anthem of Russia (1991-2000) — "Patrioticheskaya Pesnya" (Патриотическая песня)
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Himno de Rusia 2000 - Desfile Dia de la Victoria / Anthem Russia 2000 - Victory Day Parade
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Incumbents
- President: Vladimir Putin (from May 7, acting President until May 7)
- Prime Minister: Vladimir Putin (until May 7), Mikhail Kasyanov (from May 7)
Events
February
- February 4 - Second Chechen War: Bombing of Katyr-Yurt.
- February 5 - Second Chechen War: Novye Aldi massacre.
- February 6 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Grozny, Chechen capital Grozny falls to Russian troops.[1]
- February 29–March 1 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Hill 776.
March
- March - Second Chechen War: Komsomolskoye massacre.
- March 1 - Second Chechen War: Grozny OMON fratricide incident.
- March 4–March 25 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Komsomolskoye.
- March 26 - Presidential elections: Vladimir Putin is elected president.[2]
- March 29 - Second Chechen War: Zhani-Vedeno ambush.
May
- May 24 - The Russian Government threatens to bomb the Taliban in Afghanistan due to their support for Chechen rebels.[1]
July
- July 2–July 3 - Second Chechen War: Chechen suicide attacks kill 43 Russian soldiers.[1]
August
- August 12 - The Russian submarine K-141 Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.[1]
- August 14 - Tsar Nicholas II and several members of his family are canonized by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- August 28 - Moscow's Ostankino Tower set ablaze by fire caused by a short circuit.[3]
September
- September 15–October 1 - Russia competes at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, winning 32 gold, 28 silver and 29 bronze medals.
December
- December 25 - Russia changes their national anthem back to the old Soviet Union anthem, with newer lyrics.
Notable births
- January 1 – Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Russian-Australian pair skater (d. 2020)[4]
- January 26 - Angélique Abachkina, ice dancer
- February 9 - Serafima Sakhanovich, figure skater
- April 12 - Maria Sotskova, figure skater
- November 8 - Anastasia Skoptsova, ice dancer
Notable deaths
- January 6 - Alexey Vyzmanavin, Chess grandmaster (born 1960)[5]
- January 7 – Makhmud Esambayev, Soviet and Russian actor and dancer (born 1924)
- February 20 - Anatoly Sobchak, politician (born 1937)
- February 29 - Nikita Moiseyev, mathematician (born 1917)
- March 9 - Artyom Borovik, journalist and media magnate (born 1960)
- March - William Pokhlyobkin, writer (born 1923)
- April 19 - Sergey Pavlovich Zalygin, writer (born 1913)
- May 19 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (born 1933)
- May 24 - Oleg Yefremov, actor (born 1927)
- June 2 - Svyatoslav Fyodorov, ophthalmologist and politician (born 1927)
- July 24 - Anatoli Firsov, ice hockey player (born 1941)
- August 1 - Galina Sergeyeva, actress (born 1914)
- November 20 - Nikolay Dollezhal, engineer (born 1899)
- Date unknown
- David Klyshko, physicist (born 1929)
- Jurij A. Treguboff, Soviet author (born 1913)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 649–650. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ McGuinness, Ross (March 16, 2009). "Metro". p. 30.
- ^ "CNN.com - Fire rages in Moscow's giant TV tower - August 27, 2000". www.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2000. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAYA / Harley WINDSOR: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Chess News". Playjava. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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