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Russia in 2003

Historical records for Russia in 2003, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

16Records
13Events
4Named people
1Places
4Categories

Historical records

January

24 January 2003Prime Minister of RussiaGennady Mikichura

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Prime Minister of Adygeya

March

March 2003ReferendumVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Government / Government of Russia

The Chechen referendum votes in favour of joining the Russian Federation

April

29 April 2003Meeting with Blair & disagrees with the coalitions reasonsVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Putin meets Blair & disagrees with the coalitions reasons for going to war with Iraq

May

May 2003Offensive Reduction TreatyVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Government / Government of Russia

The Russian Parliament ratifies the Offensive Reduction Treaty

May 2003SuicideVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Government / Government of Russia

50 are killed during a suicide bombing of a Government building in Chechnya

May 2003Treaty of Nuclear WeaponsVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Government / Government of Russia

The Russian Parliament ratifies the Offensive Reduction Treaty

December

10 December 2003Nobel Prize in PhysicsAlexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize for theories explaining superconductors and superfluids.

10 December 2003Nobel Prize in PhysicsVitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize for pioneering contributions to superconductivity theory.

10 December 2003Superconductivity TheoryVitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg

Stockholm · Science / Physics

The achievement marks superconductivity theory as an important Russian scientific milestone.

10 December 2003Type-II SuperconductivityAlexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov

Stockholm · Science / Physics

The achievement marks type-ii superconductivity as an important Russian scientific milestone.

Other Events

2003Constitution of RussiaVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Government / Government of Russia

A referendum is held in Chechnya adopting a new constitution which declares the Republic as a part of Russia

2003Invasion of AfghanistanVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Agrees to the establishment of coalition military bases in Central Asia before and during the US-led invasion of Afghanistan

2003Invasion of IraqVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Putin opposes Washingtons move to invade Iraq without the benefit of a United Nations Security Council resolution explicitly authorizing the use of military force

2003Invasion of IraqVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Warfare / United Nations

Putin opposes Washingtons move to invade Iraq without the benefit of a United Nations Security Council resolution explicitly authorizing the use of military force

2003ReferendumVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Government / Government of Russia

The Chechen referendum votes in favour of joining the Russian Federation. A referendum is held in Chechnya adopting a new constitution which declares the Republic as a part of Russia

2003Rule of ChechnyaVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Government / Government of Russia

A referendum is held in Chechnya adopting a new constitution which declares the Republic as a part of Russia

Names involved

Alexei Alexeyevich AbrikosovGennady MikichuraVitaly Lazarevich GinzburgVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Places involved

Stockholm

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.