1996 in Russia

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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

• 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, archer^[1]
• 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

1. "Tuiana DASHIDORZHIEVA – Olympic | Russian Federation". International Olympic Committee. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2019.