2007 in Russia

none September 2022 September 2022 2007 Events from the year 2007 in Russia. Incumbents March 2011 President - Vladimir Putin Prime Minister - Mikhail Fradkov to September 14, Viktor Zubkov Governors 30em Amur Oblast: Leonid Korotkov (ER, until May 10), Nikolay Kolesov (ER, starting June 1) Arkhangelsk Oblast: Nikolai Kiselev (ER) Astrakhan Oblast: Alexander Zhilkin (ER) Belgorod Oblast: Yevgeny Savchenko (ER) Bryansk Oblast: Nikolay Denin (ER) Chelyabinsk Oblast: Pyotr Sumin (ER) Irkutsk Oblast: Aleksandr Tishanin (ER) Ivanovo Oblast: Mikhail Men (ER) Kaliningrad Oblast: Georgy Boos (ER) Kaluga Oblast: Anatoly Artamonov (ER) Kemerovo Oblast: Aman Tuleyev (ER) Kirov Oblast: Vladimir Shaklein (ER) Kostroma Oblast: Viktor Shershunov (CPRF, until September 20), Igor Slyunyayev (ER, starting October 25) Kurgan Oblast: Oleg Bogomolov (ER) Kursk Oblast: Aleksandr Mikhailov (ER) Leningrad Oblast: Valery Serdyukov (ER) Lipetsk Oblast: Oleg Korolyov (ER) Magadan Oblast: Nikolai Dudov (ER) Moscow Oblast: Boris Gromov (ER) Murmansk Oblast: Yuri Yevdokimov (ER) Nizhny Novgorod Oblast: Valery Shantsev (ER) Novgorod Oblast: Mikhail Prusak (ER, until August 3), Sergey Mitin (ER, starting August 7) Novosibirsk Oblast: Viktor Tolokonsky (ER) Omsk Oblast: Leonid Polezhayev (ER) Orenburg Oblast: Alexey Chernyshev (ER) Oryol Oblast: Yegor Stroyev (ER) Penza Oblast: Vasily Bochkarev (ER) Pskov Oblast: Mikhail Kuznetsov (ER) Rostov Oblast: Vladimir Chub (ER) Ryazan Oblast: Georgy Shpak (ER) Sakhalin Oblast: Ivan Malakhov (ER, until August 7), Alexander Khoroshavin (ER, starting August 7) Samara Oblast: Konstantin Titov (ER, until August 27), Vladimir Artemyakov (ER, starting August 29) Saratov Oblast: Pavel Ipatov (ER) Smolensk Oblast: Viktor Maslov (ER, until December 19), Sergey Antufyev (ER, starting December 19) Tambov Oblast: Oleg Betin (ER) Tomsk Oblast: Viktor Kress (ER) Tula Oblast: Vyacheslav Dudka (ER) Tver Oblast: Dmitry Zelenin (ER) Tyumen Oblast: Vladimir Yakushev (ER) Ulyanovsk Oblast: Sergey Morozov (ER) Vladimir Oblast: Nikolay Vinogradov (CPRF) Volgograd Oblast: Nikolai Maksyuta (ER) Vologda Oblast: Vyacheslav Pozgalyov (ER) Voronezh Oblast: Vladimir Kulakov (ER) Yaroslavl Oblast: Anatoly Lisitsyn (ER, until December 25), Sergey Vakhrukov (ER, starting December 25) Jewish Autonomous Oblast: Nikolay Volkov (ER) Events thumb|A Dissenters March rally in Saint Petersburg on March 3. thumb|Saint Basil's Cathedral thumb|Advertisement for United Russia during the legislative election. January 1: The Evenk and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs merged with Krasnoyarsk Krai, ending their status as federal subjects. January 8: The Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates. February 2: Orange Snow fell in Siberia, most likely caused by sandstorms in neighboring Kazakhstan. March 17: UTair Flight 471 ends with a hard landing, killing at least 6 people and injuring 20 others. March 19: The Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster, a methane explosion Kemerovo Oblast, kills at least 108 people. April: It is reported in Forbes magazine, an American publication, that Russia now has 60 billionaires, mostly living in Moscow, which is believed to have more millionaires than any other city in the world. 15 years ago, Russia did not even have any millionaires.Wingfield Rupert https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6577129.stm Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Moscow's suburb for billionaires BBC News 2007-04-21 2012-01-24 April 27: A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Chechnya, killing all 20 federal troops aboard. July 1: The Koryak Autonomous Okrug merged with Kamchatka Oblast, creating Kamchatka Krai. July 4: The International Olympic Committee awards the 2014 Winter Olympics to, Sochi, Russia. July 10 – August 4: The Arktika 2007 expedition commences, which is the first crewed descent to the ocean bottom at the North Pole. Summer: The Dissenters March, which began in December 2006, continue throughout the summer. September 7: Russian personnel are ambushed in the Vedeno region of Chechnya. November 15: The Guerilla phase of the Second Chechen War continues. November 24: Anti-Putin Protests, led by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, erupted in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. December 2: A Chechen constitutional referendum was held in Chechnya. December 2: The Legislative elections for seats in the State Duma resulted in a majority win by United Russia. Popular culture Sports thumb|Sergey Obukhov, a player for the bandy team, Dynamo Moscow. January 27 – February 4: The Bandy World Championships, the sport competition for Bandy, began in Kemerovo. April 21 – September 23: The Russian Championship XVII, a tournament for semi-professional rugby league clubs, began. April 27 – May 13: The 71st IIHF World Championship sponsored by International Ice Hockey Federation was held in Moscow. August 19 – August 26: The Women's European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Kirishi. September 28 – October 7: The World Fencing Championships were held in Saint Petersburg. November 21: The Russian football season ends, with the national football team winning 5 out of 10 games. November 22–25: The Cup of Russia, an international figure skating competition, began in Moscow. Arts March 1 – 5: The 12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film is held, with the Grand Prix award given to My Love. May 10 – 12: Russia's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Finland, "Song Number 1", comes in third. Notable births 29 April - Mirra Andreeva, tennis player 5 June - Adeliia Petrosian, figure skater Notable deaths March 2011 :Category:2007 deaths Deaths in 2007 January Deaths in January 2007 January 9 – Yelena Petushkova, 66, Russian equestrian, double medallist at the 1972 Olympics, after long illness.http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/archives/2007/01/026.shtml Olympian Yelena Petushkova dies 10 January 2007 Horsetalk.co.nz 16 September 2018http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=800002&sid=7413803&cKey=1168343475000 Décès de Yelena Petushkova, championne olympique de dressage à Munich 9 January 2007 Télévision Suisse Romande fr 16 September 2018 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071118115036/http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=800002&sid=7413803&cKey=1168343475000 18 November 2007 January 19 – Murat Nasyrov, 37, Russian pop singer of Uyghur ethnicity, committed suicide.http://www.shoowbiz.ru/news/11012.html Шоу-бизнес.ру 2022-09-22 2022-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20221114092150/https://shoowbizz.com/gm/murat_nasirov.html live April Deaths in April 2007 April 23 – Boris Yeltsin, 76, Russian politician, first President of the Russian Federation (1991–1999), heart failure.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6584481.stm Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies 23 April 2007 BBC News 26 August 2018 April 27 – Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist and conductor (born 1927)Russian Conductor, Composer, Cellist Rostropovich Dies 27 April 2007 Voice of America News http://voanews.com/english/archive/2007-04/2007-04-27-voa17.cfm https://web.archive.org/web/20081119054331/http://voanews.com/english/archive/2007-04/2007-04-27-voa17.cfm 2008-11-19 8 July 2013 November Deaths in November 2007 November 2 – Igor Moiseyev, 101, Russian choreographer, heart failure.https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/03/arts/dance/03moiseyev.html Igor Moiseyev, 101, Choreographer, Dies Anderson Jack 3 November 2007 The New York Times 19 January 2018 en-US 0362-4331 November 3 – Aleksandr Dedyushko, 45, Russian actor, car crash.https://lenta.ru/news/2007/11/04/rip/ 4 November 2007 LENTA.RU 20 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070958/https://lenta.ru/news/2007/11/04/rip/ 5 March 2016 live ru ru:Киноактер Александр Дедюшко погиб в автокатастрофе The actor Alexander Dedyushko was killed in a car crash November 23 – Vladimir Kryuchkov, 83, Russian former KGB chief, led coup against Mikhail Gorbachev.http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2007/11/27/vladimir_kryuchkov_helped_plot_soviet_coup/ Vladimir Kryuchkov; helped plot Soviet coup 27 November 2007 The Boston Globe 24 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225158/http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2007/11/27/vladimir_kryuchkov_helped_plot_soviet_coup/ 3 March 2016 live The Associated PressLevy Clifford J. Vladimir Kryuchkov, 83, Ex-Chief of K.G.B. The New York Times 21 26 November 2007 https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/world/europe/26kryuschkov.html See also List of Russian films of 2007 References External links 2007 in Category:Years of the 21st century in Russia Category:2000s in Russia