2000 in Russia

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See also:	History of Russia; Timeline of Russian history; List of years in Russia;

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Russia.

Incumbents

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.^[1]
February 29–March 1 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Hill 776.

May 24 - The Russian Government threatens to bomb the Taliban in Afghanistan due to their support for Chechen rebels.^[1]

July 2–July 3 - Second Chechen War: Chechen suicide attacks kill 43 Russian soldiers.^[1]

August 12 - The Russian submarine K-141 Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.^[1]
August 14 - Tsar Nicholas II and several members of his family are canonized by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
August 28 - Moscow's Ostankino Tower set ablaze by fire caused by a short circuit.^[3]

September 15–October 1 - Russia competes at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, winning 32 gold, 28 silver and 29 bronze medals.

December 25 - Russia changes their national anthem back to the old Soviet Union anthem, with newer lyrics.

January 1 – Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Russian-Australian pair skater (d. 2020)^[4]
January 26 - Angélique Abachkina, ice dancer
February 9 - Serafima Sakhanovich, figure skater
April 12 - Maria Sotskova, figure skater
November 8 - Anastasia Skoptsova, ice dancer

January 6 - Alexey Vyzmanavin, Chess grandmaster (born 1960)^[5]
January 7 – Makhmud Esambayev, Soviet and Russian actor and dancer (born 1924)
February 20 - Anatoly Sobchak, politician (born 1937)
February 29 - Nikita Moiseyev, mathematician (born 1917)
March 9 - Artyom Borovik, journalist and media magnate (born 1960)
March - William Pokhlyobkin, writer (born 1923)
April 19 - Sergey Pavlovich Zalygin, writer (born 1913)
May 19 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (born 1933)
May 24 - Oleg Yefremov, actor (born 1927)
June 2 - Svyatoslav Fyodorov, ophthalmologist and politician (born 1927)
July 24 - Anatoli Firsov, ice hockey player (born 1941)
August 1 - Galina Sergeyeva, actress (born 1914)
November 20 - Nikolay Dollezhal, engineer (born 1899)
Date unknown
- David Klyshko, physicist (born 1929)
- Jurij A. Treguboff, Soviet author (born 1913)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 649–650. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ McGuinness, Ross (March 16, 2009). "Metro". p. 30.
^ "CNN.com - Fire rages in Moscow's giant TV tower - August 27, 2000". www.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2000. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ "Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAYA / Harley WINDSOR: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Chess News". Playjava. Retrieved 22 December 2021.