2004 in Russia

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Events from the year 2004 in Russia.

Incumbents

Beslan school hostage crisis: photos of the victims on the walls of the former SNO in Beslan

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.^[1]
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]
1 September - Beslan school hostage crisis: Chechen separatists take over 1,000 hostages at a school in North Ossetia–Alania.^[1]
3 September - Beslan school hostage crisis: Russian troops storm the school.^[1] As a result of the siege, over 330 people, including 186 children, were killed.^[2]

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

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

13 February - Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev^{[citation needed]}
22 February - David Neiman, 82, Russian-born American rabbi, archaeologist and theologian.^[6]
28 February - Ruslan Gelayev^{[citation needed]}