2000 in Russia
The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Russia.Incumbents
February
- 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.
- February 29–March 1 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Hill 776.
March
- March - Second Chechen War: Komsomolskoye massacre.
- March 1 - Second Chechen War: Grozny OMON fratricide incident.
- March 4–March 25 - Second Chechen War: Battle of Komsomolskoye.
- March 26 - Presidential elections: Vladimir Putin is elected President.
- March 29 - Second Chechen War: Zhani-Vedeno ambush.
May
- May 24 - The Russian Government threatens to bomb the Taliban in Afghanistan due to their support for Chechen rebels.
July
- July 2–July 3 - Second Chechen War: Chechen suicide attacks kill 43 Russian soldiers.
August
- August 12 - The Russian submarine K-141 Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.
- 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.
September
- September 15–October 1 - Russia competes at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, winning 32 gold, 28 silver and 29 bronze medals.
December
- December 25 - Russia changes their national anthem back to the old Soviet Union anthem, with newer lyrics.
Notable births
- January 26 - Angélique Abachkina, ice dancer
- February 9 - Serafima Sakhanovich, figure skater
- April 12 - Maria Sotskova, figure skater
Notable deaths
- January 6 - Alexey Vyzmanavin, Chess grandmaster
- February 20 - Anatoly Sobchak, politician
- February 29 - Nikita Moiseyev, mathematician
- March 9 - Artyom Borovik, journalist and media magnate
- March - William Pokhlyobkin, writer
- April 19 - Sergey Pavlovich Zalygin, writer
- May 19 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut
- May 24 - Oleg Yefremov, actor
- June 2 - Svyatoslav Fyodorov, ophthalmologist and politician
- July 24 - Anatoli Firsov, ice hockey player
- August 1 - Galina Sergeyeva, actress
- November 20 - Nikolay Dollezhal, engineer
- David Klyshko, physicist
