Events in the Russian Federation

1,778 notable events in the Russian Federation — murders, air crashes and wars. Page 1 of 18.

• The Holocaust
  1933–1945 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Battle of Stalingrad
  Aug 23, 1942–Feb 2, 1943 · War & armed conflict
• Andrei Chikatilo
  Dec 22, 1978–Nov 6, 1990 · Shooting
• Dyatlov Pass incident
  Feb 2, 1959 · Scandal & controversy
• Russian Revolution
  Nov 8, 1917 · War & armed conflict
• Alexander Pushkin
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Wagner Group
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Murder of the Romanov family
  Jul 16, 1918 · Murder & homicide
• Siege of Leningrad
  Sep 8, 1941–Jan 27, 1944 · War & armed conflict
• Beslan school siege
  Sep 1, 2004–Sep 3, 2004 · Massacre
• Katyn massacre
  Apr 1940–May 1940 · Massacre
• Mikhail Popkov
  Jan 1, 1992–Jan 1, 2011 · Murder & homicide
• Great Purge
  Aug 1936–Nov 17, 1938 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• October Revolution
  Oct 25, 1917–Oct 26, 1917 · War & armed conflict
• Tunguska event
  Jun 30, 1908 · Bombing & explosion
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Jewish Autonomous Oblast
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Doolittle Raid
  Apr 18, 1942 · War & armed conflict
• Crocus City Hall attack
  Mar 22, 2024 · Terrorism
• Wagner Group rebellion
  Jun 23, 2023–Jun 24, 2023 · War & armed conflict
• 1991 Soviet coup attempt
  Aug 19, 1991–Aug 21, 1991 · War & armed conflict
• Korean Air Lines Flight 007
  Sep 1, 1983 · War & armed conflict
• Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Sergey Golovkin
  Jan 1, 1986–Jan 1, 1992 · Murder & homicide
• Kursk submarine disaster
  Aug 12, 2000 · Maritime disaster
• Africa Corps (Russia)
  Jan 1, 2023 · War & armed conflict
• Kyshtym disaster
  Sep 29, 1957 · Scandal & controversy
• Russian submarine Kursk
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Roald Amundsen
  Jun 18, 1928 · Attack (other)
• Moscow theater hostage crisis
  Oct 23, 2002–Oct 26, 2002 · Kidnapping & hostage
• Alexander Pichushkin
  Jul 27, 1992–Jun 14, 2006 · Murder & homicide
• Andrei Voznesensky
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Mathias Rust
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Smolensk air disaster
  Apr 10, 2010 · Aviation accident
• Alexander Spesivtsev
  Jan 1, 1991–Jan 1, 1996 · Murder & homicide
• Chelyabinsk meteor
  Feb 15, 2013 · Bombing & explosion
• Cheka
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Russian Revolution of 1905
  Jan 22, 1905–Jun 16, 1907 · War & armed conflict
• Death and funeral of Alexei Navalny
  Feb 16, 2024 · Murder & homicide
• Circassian genocide
  1800s–1864 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Sergei Bodrov Jr.
  date unknown · Disappearance
• Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
  Sep 7, 2011 · Aviation accident
• Rusich Group
  date unknown · Attack (other)
• Andrei Kiyko
  Jan 1, 2004–Jan 1, 2007 · Attack (other)
• Aeroflot Flight 593
  Mar 23, 1994 · Aviation accident
• Operation Spiderweb
  Jun 1, 2025 · War & armed conflict
• 2023 Wagner Group plane crash
  Aug 23, 2023 · Aviation accident
• Red Terror
  Aug 1, 1918–Feb 1, 1922 · Terrorism
• Bloody Sunday (1905)
  Jan 9, 1905 · Shooting
• 1960 U-2 incident
  May 1, 1960 · Aviation accident
• Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin
  Mar 9, 1953 · Stampede & crowd crush
• Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova
  Jan 1, 1756–Jan 1, 1762 · Murder & homicide
• Pyotr Stolypin
  date unknown · Attack (other)
• Case Blue
  Jun 1, 1942–Nov 24, 1942 · War & armed conflict
• 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
  1992–Oct 4, 1993 · War & armed conflict
• Decembrist revolt
  Dec 26, 1825 · War & armed conflict
• Soviet famine of 1930–1933
  1932–1933 · Natural disaster
• 1999 Russian apartment bombings
  Sep 4, 1999–Sep 16, 1999 · Terrorism
• 2026 Tuapse environmental disaster
  Apr 16, 2026 · War & armed conflict
• Khodynka Tragedy
  May 18, 1896 · Stampede & crowd crush
• Kazan school shooting
  May 11, 2021 · Shooting
• Peter and Paul Fortress
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Kronstadt rebellion
  Mar 1, 1921–Mar 18, 1921 · War & armed conflict
• Timeline of the September–October 1993 events in Moscow
  Oct 1993 · War & armed conflict
• 2025 Odintsovo school attack
  Dec 16, 2025 · Terrorism
• Khamar-Daban incident
  Aug 5, 1993 · Death & funeral
• Lake Karachay
  date unknown
• Anatoly Slivko
  Jun 2, 1964–Jul 23, 1985 · Shooting
• Nazino tragedy
  Jan 1, 1933 · Scandal & controversy
• Russian famine of 1921–1922
  1921–1922 · Natural disaster
• Murder of Vladislav Listyev
  Mar 1, 1995 · Murder & homicide
• Leningrad affair
  1949–1951 · Crime & justice
• Dekulakization
  1929–1932 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Redut
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Chechen–Russian conflict
  Jan 1, 1785–2017 · War & armed conflict
• Pugachev's Rebellion
  Sep 1773–Jan 21, 1775 · Riot & unrest
• Aeroflot Flight 1492
  May 5, 2019 · Aviation accident
• Mayak
  date unknown · Industrial & structural disaster
• Assassination of Alexander II of Russia
  Mar 1, 1881 · Bombing & explosion
• Caucasus Emirate
  date unknown · Terrorism
• 2025 Kamchatka earthquake
  Jul 29, 2025 · Earthquake
• Russian conquest of Siberia
  Jul 1580–17th century · War & armed conflict
• Tamara Samsonova
  Jan 1, 2000–Jan 1, 2015 · Murder & homicide
• 2011–2013 Russian protests
  Dec 4, 2011–Jul 18, 2013 · Riot & unrest
• Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
  from Feb 25, 2022 · War & armed conflict
• Assassination of Boris Nemtsov
  Feb 27, 2015 · Murder & homicide
• Death and state funeral of Vladimir Lenin
  Jan 21, 1924 · Death & funeral
• 2022 Russian mobilization
  from Sep 21, 2022 · War & armed conflict
• 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
  Sep 26, 1983 · War & armed conflict
• Nikolai Dzhumagaliev
  Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1980 · Murder & homicide
• Population transfer in the Soviet Union
  1930 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Gennady Mikhasevich
  May 1, 1971–Dec 1, 1985 · Shooting
• State Committee on the State of Emergency
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Anatoly Onoprienko
  Jan 1, 1989–Jan 1, 1996 · Murder & homicide
• Death of Yuri Gagarin
  Mar 27, 1968 · Aviation accident
• Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
  Jun 14, 1995–Jun 19, 1995 · Murder & homicide
• Maria Lvova-Belova
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Novocherkassk massacre
  Jun 1962 · Massacre
• Perm State University shooting
  Sep 20, 2021 · Shooting
• Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush
  Mar 1, 1944 · Genocide & ethnic violence