1999 in Russia

Events from the year 1999 in Russia.

← 1998 1997 1996 1999 in Russia → 2000 2001 2002
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	History of Russia Timeline of Russian history List of years in Russia

Incumbents

• President: Boris Yeltsin (until 31 December), Vladimir Putin (from 31 December, acting President)
• Prime Minister:
  • until 12 May: Yevgeny Maximovich Primakov
  • 12 May-9 August: Sergei Stepashin
  • starting 9 August: Vladimir Putin
• Minister of Defence: Igor Sergeyev

Events

March

• 19 March - 1999 Vladikavkaz bombing

June

• June - Exercise Zapad-99

August

• August - Invasion of Dagestan

September

• September - Russian apartment bombings

October

• 7 October - Elistanzhi cluster bomb attack
• 21 October - Grozny ballistic missile attack
• 29 October - Baku–Rostov highway bombing

December

• December - Alkhan-Yurt massacre
• 3 December - 1999 Grozny refugee convoy shooting
• 19 December - 1999 Russian legislative election

Births

• 1 June - Dmitri Aliev, figure skater
• 17 June - Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstani tennis player

Deaths

• 12 June - Sergey Khlebnikov, Olympic speed skater (b. 1955)
• 25 June - Yevgeny Morgunov, actor, film director and script writer (b. 1927)
• 2 July - Viktor Chebrikov, 6th Chairman of the Committee for State Security (b. 1923)
• 3 July - Igor Belsky, ballet dancer (b. 1925)
• 28 July - Georgy Rerberg, cinematographer (b. 1937)
• 22 August - Aleksandr Demyanenko, actor (b. 1937)
• 20 September - Raisa Gorbacheva, First Lady of the Soviet Union (b. 1932)
• 7 October - Genrikh Sapgir, writer (b. 1928)
• 18 November - Ivan Frolov, philosopher (b. 1929)
• 21 December - Sergey Nagovitsyn, singer (b. 1968)
• 26 December - Ivan Yakovlev, statesman (b. 1910)

See also

• List of Russian films of 1999