2000 in Russia - Events

Events

  • 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.
  • February 29–March 1 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Hill 776.
  • 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.
  • March 29 - Second Chechen War: Zhani-Vedeno ambush.
  • May 24 - The Russian Government threatens to bomb the Taliban in Afghanistan due to their support for Chechen rebels.
  • July 2–July 3 - Second Chechen War: Chechen suicide attacks kill 43 Russian soldiers.
  • August 12 - The Russian submarine K-141 Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.
  • August 14 - Tsar Nicholas II and several members of his family are canonized by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
  • September 15–October 1 - Russia competes at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, winning 32 gold, 28 silver and 29 bronze medals.

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