2005 in Russia

Events from the year 2005 in Russia.

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

Incumbents

• President: Vladimir Putin
• Prime Minister: Mikhail Fradkov

Events

• January 1: Monetization of in-kind benefits
• January 15: 2005 Dagestan Raids
• March 17: Assassination attempt of Anatoly Chubais. Vladimir Kvachkov was charged for the crime, but was acquitted by a jury.
• May 25: 2005 Moscow power blackouts
• June 4: Borozdinovskaya operation
• July 1: Makhachkala Rus bombing
• July 1: King's Gate in Kaliningrad reopens after renovation, marking the city's 750th anniversary.
• August 24–30: 1000th Anniversary of Kazan celebrations.
  • August 27: Kazan Metro opens
  • August 29: TatNeft Arena opens
• September 27: Chief Rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt expelled from Russia during passport control at Domodedovo airport. The incident is related to the conflict between the Jewish community of Moscow and the Russian Jewish Congress.
• October 1: the first meeting of the Civic Chamber of Russia
• October 3: White Army general Anton Denikin and philosopher Ivan Ilyin reburied in the Donskoy Monastery necropolis
• October 13–14: 2005 Nalchik raid
• November 4: the first National Unity Day celebration in Russia. Also, the first Russian March took place on 4 November 2005 and was the first legal far-right mass meeting in modern Russian history.
• November 17: launch of Blue Stream gas pipeline
• December 1: Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug merged with Perm Oblast to form Perm Krai.
• December 4: 2005 Moscow City Duma election. United Russia received 47.25% of the votes, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation - 16.75%, and Yabloko - 11.11%. The remaining parties were unable to overcome the 10 percent threshold. The turnout at the elections was 34.77% of the total registered voters.
• December 10: Russia Today begin its broadcast

Births

Main article: births in 2005

Further information: Category:2005 births

Notable deaths

Further information: Category:2005 deaths and Deaths in 2005

January

Main article: Deaths in January 2005

• January 1 – Dmitry Nelyubin, 33, Russian cyclist, murdered.
• January 15 – Leonid Brekhovskikh, 87, Russian scientist.

February

Main article: Deaths in February 2005

• February 2 – Magomed Omarov, Russian politician, deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan.
• February 6 – Lazar Berman, 74, Russian classical pianist.
• February 9 – Sergei Hackel, 83, British Russian Orthodox priest, theologian and broadcaster.
• February 11 – Vladimir Kotelnikov, electrical engineer

March

Main article: Deaths in March 2005

• March 8 – Aslan Maskhadov, president of the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

May

Main article: Deaths in May 2005

• May 15 – Natalya Gundareva, 56, Russian actress, stroke.

July

Main article: Deaths in July 2005

• July 20 – Nikolay Aksyonenko, 56, former chief of the Russian Railways

August

Main article: Deaths in August 2005

• August 6 – Valentin Nikulin, 73, actor
• August 7 – Mikhail Yevdokimov, 47, Russian comedian and politician, car accident.
• August 29 – Nikolai Bakhvalov, mathematician

September

Main article: Deaths in September 2005

• September 20 – Yuri Aizenshpis, music manager and producer
• September 21 – Mustai Karim, Bashkir poet
• September 30 – Sergei Starostin, historical linguist

October

Main article: Deaths in October 2005

• October 13 – Ilyas Gorchkhanov, North Caucasus warlord
• October 14 – Oleg Lundstrem, composer and conductor
• October 18 – Alexander Yakovlev, Soviet politician
• October 26 – Margarita Nazarova, circus performer and actress

November

Main article: Deaths in November 2005

• November 19 – Karen Ter-Martirosian, theoretical physicist
• November 25 – Polina Gelman, WWII flight navigator

December

Main article: Deaths in December 2005

• December 5 – Vladimir Toporov, philologist
• December 26 – Viktor Stepanov, actor

See also

• List of Russian films of 2005