1998 in Russia

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Events from the year 1998 in Russia.

Incumbents edit

29 January - Mikhail Lysov, professional football player
2 February - Anton Antonov, football player
17 February - Morgenshtern, rapper, singer, record producer, and songwriter
5 March - Vladislav Artemiev, chess player
12 March - Mikhail Maltsev, professional ice hockey forward
26 March - Georgi Makhatadze, football player
10 April - Anna Pogorilaya, figure skater
11 April - Vera Biryukova, group rhythmic gymnast
2 May - Vasilisa Davankova, ice dancer and pair skater
26 May - Aleksandra Semenova, rhythmic gymnast
1 June - Aleksandra Soldatova, rhythmic gymnast
5 June
- Maxim Burov, freestyle skier
- Yulia Lipnitskaya, figure skater
8 July - Daria Spiridonova, artistic gymnast
13 July - Ilya Konovalov, ice hockey goaltender
13 August
- Dina Averina, rhythmic gymnast
- Arina Averina, rhythmic gymnast
29 August - Daria Ustinova, backstroke swimmer
7 September - Ivan Ivanchenko, football player
29 October
- Maria Kharenkova, artistic gymnast
- Lada Akimova, model and Miss Earth 2017 – Fire
31 December - Alina Sanko, model and Miss Russia 2019

26 March - Nikolay Dubinin, biologist (b. 1907)
4 June - Lev Rokhlin, former army officer and Yeltsin critic, murdered (b. 1947)
8 June - Larisa Yudina, opposition journalist, assassinated (b. 1920)
23 August - Alexey Andreevich Anselm, physicist (b. 1934)
3 December - Albert Leman, composer (b. 1915)
23 December - Anatoly Rybakov, writer (b. 1911)