1998 in Russia

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

Events from the year 1998 in Russia.

Incumbents

• President: Boris Yeltsin
• Prime Minister:
  • until 23 March: Viktor Chernomyrdin
  • 23 March-24 April: vacant
  • 24 April-23 August: Yevgeny Primakov
  • 23 August-11 September: vacant
  • starting 11 September: Yevgeny Maximovich Primakov
• Minister of Defence: Igor Sergeyev

Events

March

• 18 March - Kidnapping of Mormon missionaries in Saratov

August

• 17 August - 1998 Russian financial crisis^[1]

October

• 3 October - 1998 abduction of foreign engineers in Chechnya^[2]

Births

• 29 January - Mikhail Lysov, professional football player
• 2 February - Anton Antonov, football player
• 17 February - Morgenshtern, rapper, singer, record producer, and songwriter
• 5 March - Vladislav Artemiev, chess player
• 12 March - Mikhail Maltsev, professional ice hockey forward
• 26 March - Georgi Makhatadze, football player
• 10 April - Anna Pogorilaya, figure skater
• 11 April - Vera Biryukova, group rhythmic gymnast
• 2 May - Vasilisa Davankova, ice dancer and pair skater
• 26 May - Aleksandra Semenova, rhythmic gymnast
• 1 June - Aleksandra Soldatova, rhythmic gymnast
• 5 June
  • Maxim Burov, freestyle skier
  • Yulia Lipnitskaya, figure skater
• 8 July - Daria Spiridonova, artistic gymnast
• 13 July - Ilya Konovalov, ice hockey goaltender
• 13 August
  • Dina Averina, rhythmic gymnast
  • Arina Averina, rhythmic gymnast
• 29 August - Daria Ustinova, backstroke swimmer
• 7 September - Ivan Ivanchenko, football player
• 29 October
  • Maria Kharenkova, artistic gymnast
  • Lada Akimova, model and Miss Earth 2017 – Fire
• 31 December - Alina Sanko, model and Miss Russia 2019

Deaths

• 26 March - Nikolay Dubinin, biologist (b. 1907)
• 4 June - Lev Rokhlin, former army officer and Yeltsin critic, murdered (b. 1947)
• 8 June - Larisa Yudina, opposition journalist, assassinated (b. 1920)
• 23 August - Alexey Andreevich Anselm, physicist (b. 1934)
• 3 December - Albert Leman, composer (b. 1915)
• 23 December - Anatoly Rybakov, writer (b. 1911)

References

External links

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