2001 in Russia

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See also:	Other events of 2001; List of years in Russia

Events from the year 2001 in Russia.

Incumbents

Events

February 18 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia for 15 years.
March 23 - The Russian space station Mir re-enters the atmosphere near Nadi, Fiji, and falls into the Pacific Ocean.^[1]
July 3 - A Vladivostokavia Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia, killing 145.
July 16 - The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation sign the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.
October 4 - Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes over the Black Sea en route from Tel Aviv, Israel to Novosibirsk, Russia; 78 are killed.
December 1 - United Russia is created.

Notable births

June 21 - Alexandra Obolentseva, chess player
October 28 - Ekaterina Starshova, actress

Notable deaths

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Alexei Petrovich Maresiev

January 11 - Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (born 1906)
March 17 - Boris Rauschenbach, physicist and rocket engineer (born 1915)
May 7 - Boris Ryzhy, poet (born 1974)
May 12 - Alexei Tupolev, aircraft designer (born 1925)
May 13 - Sergey Afanasyev, engineer and politician (born 1918)
May 15 - Georgy Shakhnazarov, politician (born 1924)
May 19 - Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, World War II pilot (born 1916)
May 30 - Nikolai Korndorf, composer (born 1947)
June 5 - Vasily Kolotov, weightlifter (born 1944)
July 1 - Nikolay Basov, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)
July 17 - Timur Apakidze, aviator (born 1954)
August 10
- Vladimir Bougrine, painter (born 1938)
- Stanislav Rostotsky, film director (born 1922)
August 22 - Tatyana Averina, speed skater (born 1950)
September 10 - Alexey Suetin, International Grandmaster of chess (born 1926)
October 4 - Ahron Soloveichik, Russian-born American Rabbi (born 1917)
October 10 - Vasily Mishin, rocket engineer (born 1917)
October 23 - Georgy Vitsin, actor (born 1918)
November 28 - Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy, scientist (born 1909)
November 29 - Viktor Astafiyev, writer (born 1924)
December 1 - Pavel Sadyrin, footballer (born 1942)
December 23 - Dimitri Obolensky, historian (born 1918)
December 27 - Boris Rybakov, historian (born 1908)

References

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v t e 2001 in Asia
Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Artsakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan
Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau
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v t e 2001 in Europe
Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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