Events from the year 2007 in

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Incumbents

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Mikhail Fradkov Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov ( rus, Михаи́л Ефи́мович Фрадко́в, p=mʲɪxɐˈil jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪtɕ frɐtˈkof; born 1 September 1950) is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 2004 to 2007. An Ind ...

to September 14,

Viktor Zubkov Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov ( rus, Ви́ктор Алексе́евич Зубко́в, p=ˈvʲiktər ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ zʊpˈkof; born 15 September 1941) is a Russian civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the List of h ...

Events

* January 1: The Evenk and

Taymyr Autonomous Okrug Taymyr Dolgano-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (, '; Enets language, Enets: Таймыр Оша-Дюрак район, Nenets languages, Nenets: Таймыр Долганы-Ненэцие район) was a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of R ...

s merged with

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia located in Siberia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Krasnoyarsk, the second-largest city in Siberia after ...

, ending their status as federal subjects. * January 8: The Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates. * February 2: Orange Snow fell in Siberia, most likely caused by sandstorms in neighboring

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

. * March 17: UTair Flight 471 ends with a

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, killing at least 6 people and injuring 20 others. * March 19: The Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster, a methane explosion

Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast (, ), also known as Kuzbass (, ), after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Kemerovo is the administrative center and largest city of the oblast. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Rus ...

, kills at least 108 people. * April: It is reported in

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magazine, an American publication, that Russia now has 60 billionaires, mostly living in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

, which is believed to have more millionaires than any other city in the world. 15 years ago, Russia did not even have any millionaires. * April 27: A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in

Chechnya Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federa ...

, killing all 20 federal troops aboard. * July 1: The Koryak Autonomous Okrug merged with

Kamchatka Oblast Kamchatka Oblast () was, until being incorporated into Kamchatka Krai on July 1, 2007, a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). To the north, it bordered Magadan Oblast and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Koryak Okrug was located in the northern ...

, creating

Kamchatka Krai Kamchatka Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai), situated in the Russian Far East. It is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Its administrative center and largest types of inhabited l ...

. * July 4: The

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awards the

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to,

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther ...

. * July 10 – August 4: The Arktika 2007 expedition commences, which is the first crewed descent to the ocean bottom at the

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. *

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: The Dissenters March, which began in December 2006, continue throughout the summer. * September 7: Russian personnel are ambushed in the

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region of

. * November 15: The Guerilla phase of the Second Chechen War continues. * November 24: Anti-Putin Protests, led by former world chess champion

Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer. His peak FIDE chess Elo rating system, ra ...

, erupted in

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and

. * December 2: A Chechen constitutional referendum was held in

. * December 2: The

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for seats in the

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resulted in a majority win by

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Popular culture

Sports

* January 27 – February 4: The Bandy World Championships, the sport competition for

Bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

, began in

Kemerovo Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka River, Iskitimka and Tom ...

. * April 21 – September 23: The Russian Championship XVII, a tournament for semi-professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

clubs, began. * April 27 – May 13: The 71st

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Arts

* March 1 – 5: The 12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film is held, with the Grand Prix award given to '' My Love''. * May 10 – 12: Russia's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, held in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

, "

Song Number 1 "Song #1" is a song by Russian girl group Serebro. It is best known as 's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, held in Helsinki, Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It border ...

", comes in third.

Notable births

*29 April - Mirra Andreeva, tennis player * 5 June - Adeliia Petrosian, figure skater

Notable deaths

January

* January 9 – Yelena Petushkova, 66, Russian equestrian, double medallist at the 1972 Olympics, after long illness. * January 19 – Murat Nasyrov, 37, Russian pop singer of Uyghur ethnicity, committed suicide.

April

* April 23 –

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1961 to ...

, 76, Russian politician, first

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(1991–1999), heart failure. * April 27 –

Mstislav Rostropovich Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Russian Cello, cellist and conducting, conductor. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was well known for both inspiring and commissioning new works, which enl ...

, cellist and conductor (born

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...

)

November

* November 2 –

Igor Moiseyev Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev (; – 2 November 2007) was a Soviet and Russian ballet master, dancer, choreographer and pedagogue. Moiseyev was widely acclaimed as the greatest 20th-century choreographer of character dance, a dance style simila ...

, 101, Russian choreographer, heart failure. * November 3 – Aleksandr Dedyushko, 45, Russian actor, car crash. * November 23 –

Vladimir Kryuchkov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kryuchkov (; 29 February 1924 – 23 November 2007) was a Soviet lawyer, diplomat, and head of the KGB, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU. Initially working in the Soviet justice system a ...

, 83, Russian former KGB chief, led coup against

Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...

References

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