1996 in Russia

none 1996 Events from the year 1996 in Russia. Incumbents President: Boris Yeltsin Prime Minister: Viktor Chernomyrdin Minister of Defence: Pavel Grachev (until 17 July), Mikhail Kolesnikov (until 17 July), Igor Rodionov Governors 30em Amur Oblast: Vladimir Dyachenko (until May 17), Yury Lyashko (May 17–November 14), Anatoly Belonogov (CPRF) (starting November 14) Arkhangelsk Oblast: Pavel Balakshin (until March 4), Anatoly Yefremov (starting March 4) Astrakhan Oblast: Anatoly Guzhvin Belgorod Oblast: Yevgeny Savchenko Bryansk Oblast: Vladimir Karpov (until June 17), Alexander Semernyov (June 17–December 30), Yury Lodkin (CPRF) (starting December 30) Chelyabinsk Oblast: Vadim Solovyov (until December 22), Pyotr Sumin (PPUR) (starting December 22) Irkutsk Oblast: Yury Nozhikov Ivanovo Oblast: Adolf Laptev (until December 1), Vladislav Tikhomirov (starting December 1) Kaliningrad Oblast: Yury Matochkin (until October 20), Leonid Gorbenko (starting October 20) Kaluga Oblast: Aleksandr Deryagin (until November 9), Valery Sudarenkov (starting November 9) Kemerovo Oblast: Mikhail Kislyuk Kirov Oblast: Vasily Desyatnikov (until October 20), Vladimir Shaklein (starting October 20) Kostroma Oblast: Valery Arbuzov (until December 20), Viktor Shershunov (CPRF) (starting December 20) Kurgan Oblast: Anatoly Sobchak (until December 6), Oleg Bogomolov (starting December 6) Kursk Oblast: Vasily Shuteyev (until October 23), Alexander Rutskoy (Derzhava) (starting October 23) Leningrad Oblast: Alexander Belyakov (until November 18), Vadim Gustov (starting November 18) Lipetsk Oblast: Mikhail Narolin Magadan Oblast: Viktor Mikhailov (until November 15), Valentin Tsvetkov (starting November 15) Moscow Oblast: Anatoly Tyazhlov Murmansk Oblast: Yevgeny Komarov (until December 7), Yuri Yevdokimov (starting December 7) Nizhny Novgorod Oblast: Boris Nemtsov Novgorod Oblast: Mikhail Prusak Novosibirsk Oblast: Vitaly Mukha Omsk Oblast: Leonid Polezhayev Orenburg Oblast: Vladimir Elagin Oryol Oblast: Yegor Stroyev Penza Oblast: Anatoly Kovlyagin Pskov Oblast: Vladislav Tumanov (until November 10), Yevgeny Mikhailov (LDPR) (starting November 10) Rostov Oblast: Vladimir Chub Ryazan Oblast: Gennady Merkulov (until October 15), Igor Ivlev (October 15–the January 1997 handover) Sakhalin Oblast: Igor Farkhutdinov Samara Oblast: Konstantin Titov Saratov Oblast: Yury Belykh (until February 21), Dmitry Ayatskov (starting February 21) Smolensk Oblast: Anatoly Glushenkov Tambov Oblast: Aleksandr Ryabov (CPRF) Tomsk Oblast: Viktor Kress Tula Oblast: Nikolai Sevryugin Tver Oblast: Vladimir Platov Tyumen Oblast: Leonid Roketsky Ulyanovsk Oblast: Yuri Goryachev Vladimir Oblast: Yury Vlasov (until December 17), Nikolay Vinogradov (CPRF) (starting December 17) Volgograd Oblast: Ivan Shabunin (until December 29), Nikolai Maksyuta (CPRF) (starting December 29) Vologda Oblast: Nikolai Podgornov (until May 17), Vyacheslav Pozgalyov (starting May 17) Voronezh Oblast: Aleksandr Kovalyov (until September 16), Ivan Shabanov (starting September 16) Yaroslavl Oblast: Anatoly Lisitsyn Jewish Autonomous Oblast: Nikolay Volkov Events January January 9–18 — Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis April April 16 — Shatoy ambush June June 16 — The first round of the 1996 Russian presidential election is held. July July 3 — The second round of the 1996 Russian presidential election is held. August August 6–20 — Battle of Grozny (August 1996) August 30 — The Khasavyurt Accord is signed. November November 11 — Kotlyakovskoya Cemetery bombing December December 24 — The Bion No.11 spacecraft is launched. Births February 11 — Daniil Medvedev, tennis player March 16 — Anna Ovcharova, Russian/Swiss figure skater March 19 — Feodosiy Efremenkov, figure skater April 2 — Polina Agafonova, figure skater April 12 — Elizaveta Kulichkova, tennis player April 14 — Tuyana Dashidorzhieva, archerTuiana DASHIDORZHIEVA – Olympic Russian Federation https://www.olympic.org/tuiana-dashidorzhieva International Olympic Committee 11 April 2019 en 23 June 2017 May 22 — Aleksandr Ageyev, footballer November 23 — Lana, singer Deaths January January 1 — Sergei Yakovlev, actor (b. 1925) January 12 — Joseph Kuzmin, 10th First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1910) January 25 — Yuri Levitansky, poet and translator (b. 1922) January 27 Vsevolod Sanayev, actor (b. 1912) Vyacheslav Lemeshev, Olympic boxer (b. 1952) February February 1 — Sergey Aganov, Marshal of Engineer Troops (b. 1917) February 7 Lydia Chukovskaya, writer, poet, editor, publicist and dissident (b. 1907) Boris Tchaikovsky, composer (b. 1925) February 17 — Nikolai Starostin, footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1902) February 20 — Viktor Konovalenko, ice hockey goaltender (b. 1938) February 24 — Anna Larina, writer and third wife of Nikolai Bukharin (b. 1914) March March 5 — Galina Kravchenko, actress (b. 1905) March 21 — Nikolai Usenko, Red Army soldier (b. 1924) March 29 — Ivan Kalita, equestrian (b. 1927) April April 12 — Igor Ternov, theoretical physicist (b. 1921) April 21 — Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen politician (b. 1944) April 22 — Serafim Subbotin, flying ace (b. 1921) May May 21 — Vladimir Belyakov, gymnast (b. 1918) May 23 — Kronid Lyubarsky, human rights activist (b. 1934) May 25 — Vladimir Ukhov, racewalking athlete (b. 1924) June June 10 — Aleksandr Abushakhmetov, fencer (b. 1954) June 14 — Alexander Knyazhinsky, cinematographer (b. 1936) June 18 — Rif Saitgareev, speedway rider (b. 1960) June 29 — Dmitri Pokrovsky, musician (b. 1944) July July 6 — Evgeni Rogov, football player and manager (b. 1929) July 9 — Sergey Kuryokhin, composer, pianist, music director, film actor and writer (b. 1954) July 16 — Iosif Prut, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1900) August August 2 Aleksandr Nudelman, weapon designer and researcher (b. 1912) Sergey Golovkin, serial killer and rapist (b. 1959) August 4 — Lev Lemke, actor (b. 1931) August 19 — Tatyana Mavrina, painter and children's writer (b. 1902) August 24 Zainab Biisheva, writer (b. 1908) Lev Vlassenko, pianist and teacher (b. 1928) August 26 — Nikolai Baskakov, Turkologist (b. 1905) August 28 — Gevork Kotiantz, painter (b. 1909) August 29 — Kirill Yevstigneyev, fighter pilot (b. 1917) September September 2 — Aleksandr Markin, football player (b. 1949) September 3 Veniamin Basner, composer (b. 1925) Valeri Kravchenko, volleyball player (b. 1939) September 7 — Vyacheslav Solovyov, football player and coach (b. 1925) September 8 — Semyon Aranovich, film director (b. 1934) September 24 — Pavel Sudoplatov, lieutenant general and spy (b. 1907) September 28 — Andrei Suraikin, figure skater (b. 1948) October October 6 — Vladimir Yerokhin, football player (b. 1930) October 12 — Nina Alisova, theater and film actress (b. 1915) October 18 — Simon Soloveychik, publicist, educator and social philosopher (b. 1930) October 20 — Yuri Neprintsev, painter, graphic artist and art teacher (b. 1909) November November 3 — Paul Tatum, Russian-American businessman (b. 1955) November 4 — Konstantin Loktev, ice hockey player (b. 1933) November 6 — Vadim Ivanov, football player and coach (b. 1943) November 10 — Imam Alimsultanov, Chechen bard and folk singer (b. 1957) November 18 — Zinovy Gerdt, actor (b. 1916) November 24 — Edison Denisov, composer (b. 1929) December December 18 — Yulii Khariton, physicist (b. 1904) December 29 — Vasily Mykhlik, pilot (b. 1922) December 30 — Lev Oshanin, poet, playwright and writer (b. 1912) References 1996 in 1996 Category:1990s in Russia Category:Years of the 20th century in Russia Russia Russia Russia