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Terrorist attacks in Russia (with statistical summary)
complied by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 22 May 2015
Note: table includes terrorist events causing fatalities, incidents involving unconventional weapons or of political significance, politically-motivated murders, and other incidents of political or methodological significance. This listing is incomplete.
For related listings, see these pages:
List of worst terrorist acts
Incidents of mass casualty terrorism
Terrorist and criminal attacks targeting children
date location killed injured description
30 May 1991 Gudermes, Dagestan 11 22 bombing of train near Engel-Yurt
31 Jul 1991 Temirgau, Dagestan 16 20 bombing of train
Mar 1994 Barnaul, Altai Krai 3 ? shooting by solider at SS-25 ICBM site
12 Mar 1994 Blagoveshchensk, Amur 11 0 bombing of apartments
28 Jul 1994 Mineralniye Vody, Stavropol 6 19 hijacking of bus
14-19 June 1995 Budennovsk, Stavropol 143 435 hostage taking at hospital and two failed rescue attempts
6 Oct 1995 Grozny, Chechnya 3 15 bombing
9 Jan 1996 Kizlyar, Dagestan 23 0 hostage taking
19 Apr 1996 Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia 5 13 bombing of railway station
11 Jun 1996 Moscow 4 12 bombing on subway
28 Jun 1996 Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria 6 40 bombing of bus
11 Jul 1996 Moscow 0 6 bombing of bus
12 Jul 1996 Moscow 1 28 bombing of bus
5 Aug 1996 Volgograd, Volgograd 1 ? bombing of home killing a Russian army colonel
10 Nov 1996 Moscow 13 70 bombing at cemetery
16 Nov 1996 Kaspiysk, Dagestan 67 ? bombing of Russian border guard housing; 20 children killed
28 Apr 1997 Pyatigorsk, Stavropol 2 12 bombing of train station
28 Jun 1997 Torbino, Novogorod 5 13 bombing of train between Moscow and St. Petersburg
8 Jul 1997 Khasavyurt, Dagestan 9 12 bombing of police vehicle
17 Jul 1997 North Ossetia 0 17 grenade attack on bus carrying Ingush refugees
1 Jan 1998 Moscow 0 3 bombing of subway
5 Sep 1998 Makhachkala, Dagestan 17 80 car bombing
19 Mar 1999 Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia 64 104 bombing at outdoor market
26 Apr 1999 Moscow 0 11 bombing at hotel
16 May 1999 Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia 4 14 three bombings of apartment buildings
31 Aug 1999 Moscow 1 40 bombing at shopping center
4 Sep 1999 Buinaksk, Dagestan 64 66 car bombing of apartment building housing military families
9 Sep 1999 Moscow 94 180 bombing of apartment building in southeast Moscow
13 Sep 1999 Moscow 130 150 bombing of apartment building
16 Sep 1999 Volgodonsk, Rostove 17 480 car bombing
19 Oct 1999 Astrakhan, Astrakhan 4 6 armed attack and attempted train bombing
2 Mar 2000 Grozny, Chechnya 16 21 armed attack on police column
11 May 2000 Galashki, Ingushetia 19 ? attack on Russian troops
31 May 2000 Volgograd, Volgograd 3 12 bombing at army base
7 Jun 2000 Alkhan-Yurt, Chechnya 3 ? suicide truck bombing at Russian military checkpoint
11 Jun 2000 Grozny/Alkhan-Yurt, Chechnya 7 0 two car bombings
2 Jul 2000 Argun, Chechnya 25 81 suicide bombing at interior ministry base
2 Jul 2000 Novogrozny, Chechnya 4 20 suicide truck bombing near Russian military facility
2 Jul 2000 Gudermes, Chechnya 13 0 2 suicide bombings at police station, shooting attack
9 Jul 2000 Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia 2 17 bombing in central market
8 Aug 2000 Moscow 12 150 bombing of subway
6 Oct 2000 Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol 3 20 two bombings near railway station
6 Oct 2000 Pyatigorsk, Stavropol 1 6 bombing at railway station
12 Oct 2000 Grozny, Chechnya 10 10 bombing near police station
29 Oct 2000 Chiri-Yurt, Chechnya 8 ? bombing of cafe
11 Nov 2000 Nizhny Kurchali, Chechnya 36 53 ambush on troops
8 Dec 2000 Pyatigorsk, Stavropol 4 28 two car bombings near market
8 Dec 2000 Gudermes, Chechnya 3 12 truck bombing at interior ministry base
9 Dec 2000 Alkham-Yurt, Chechnya 21 21 car bombing near mosque
21 Jan 2001 Gudermes, Chechnya 9 ? armed attack on hospital
5 Feb 2001 Moscow 0 9 bombing of subway
16 Mar 2001 Tovzeni, Chechnya 7 13 bombing of bus carrying Russian soldiers
24 Mar 2001 Mineralniye Vody, Stavropol 18 86 car bombing at market
24 Mar 2001 Yessentuki, Chechnya 0 13 car bombing
25 Apr 2001 Gudermes, Chechnya 6 5 bombing at police station
19 Jul 2001 Gudermes, Chechnya 2 35 three car bombings at court building, prosecutor's office and police station
11 Aug 2001 Grozny, Chechnya 6 9 mine attack on armored police car
19 Aug 2001 Astrakhan, Astrakhan 6 50 bombing at market
25 Aug 2001 Gudermes, Chechnya 5 11 bombing at police barracks
19 Sep 2001 Mayrtup/Kurchaloy, Chechnya 7 0 armed attack on police
10 Nov 2001 Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia 6 43 bombing at market
18 Apr 2002 Grozny, Chechnya 17 5 bombing and armed attack on military convoy near police headquarters
9 May 2002 Kaspiysk, Dagestan 43 151 bombing at parade
7 Jun 2002 Grozny/Alkhan-Yurt, Chechnya 9 6 bombing attack on troop column
6 Aug 2002 Shatoi, Chechnya 11 7 bombing of truck carrying Russian soldiers
13 Aug 2002 Grozny, Chechnya 5 13 multiple bombings, including a mine attack on a passenger bus
19 Aug 2002 Khankala, Chechnya 127 14 Mi-26 helicopter carrying Russian troops shot down by terrorist-fired missile shortly before landing; 115 killed immediately, 12 died of injuries; 21 survivors included 14 injured
11 Oct 2002 Grozny, Chechnya 24 ? bombing of police station
23-26 Oct 2002 Moscow 170 656 hostage taking and attempted rescue in theater (includes 41 terrorists killed)
14 Nov 2002 Malgobek, Ingushetia 4 8 grenade attack on bus
27 Dec 2002 Grozny, Chechnya 71 640 two car bombings outside government house
3 Apr 2003 Grozny, Chechnya 8 11 mine attack on passenger bus
12 May 2003 Znamenskoye, Chechnya 59 200 truck bombing at government complex
14 May 2003 Iliskhan-Yurt, Chechnya 19 78 suicide bombing at religious festival
30 May 2003 Grozny, Chechnya 3 8 mine attack on passenger bus
5 Jun 2003 Mozdok, North Ossetia 17 14 suicide bombing of bus
20 Jun 2003 Grozny, Chechnya 8 36 truck bombing at government complex
5 Jul 2003 Tushino, Moscow 16 56 2 suicide bombings at rock festival
10 Jul 2003 Moscow 1 ? suicide bomber was caught in Moscow café; a bomb expert was killed while defusing bomb
17 Jul 2003 Khasavyurt, Dagestan 3 38 bombing near police station
1 Aug 2003 Mozdok, North Ossetia 50 82 truck bombing of hospital
3 Sep 2003 Stavropol, Stavropol 7 90 bombing on train
15 Sep 2003 Magas, Ingushetia 3 29 truck bombing
5 Dec 2003 Stavropol, Stavropol 47 186 bombing on train
10 Dec 2003 Moscow 6 44 suicide bombing at Red Square
3 Feb 2004 Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia 11 ? car bombing near market
6 Feb 2004 Moscow 41 134 bombing of subway
6 Apr 2004 Ingushetia 3 7 suicide bombing attack on Ingushetia president's motorcade; president was injured
9 May 2004 Grozny, Chechnya 24 46 bombing at stadium
4 Jun 2004 Itum-Kalinskiy, Chechnya 4 5 attack on defense ministry convoy
22 Jun 2004 Nazran, Ingushetia 61 ? bandit raid
21 Aug 2004 Grozny, Chechnya 12 16 armed attacks at multiple locations
24 Aug 2004 Glubokoye, Rostove 46 0 bombing of airliner
24 Aug 2004 Buchalki, Tula 43 0 suicide bombing of airliner near Buchalki
31 Aug 2004 Moscow 10 30 bombing near subway
1-3 Sep 2004 Beslan, North Ossetia 372 747 hostage taking at school (includes 35 terrorists killed)
31 Oct 2004 Grozny, Chechnya 1 17 two car bombings, on highway and at a hospital
1 Mar 2005 Sernovodskaya, Chechnya 6 19 armed attack on police station (includes 5 terrorists killed)
20 May 2005 Makhachkala, Dagestan 2 10 bombing in apartment building
1 Jul 2005 Makhachkala, Dagestan 10 14 bombing at bath house
19 Jul 2005 Znamenskoye, Chechnya 15 24 bombing of police vehicle
24 Jul 2005 Khasavyurt, Dagestan 1 40 bombing of train
13 Oct 2005 Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria 85 150 armed attack on town
29 Dec 2005 Makhachkaha, Ingushetia 1 1 suicide bombing injured one (one terrorist also killed)
17 May 2006 Nazran, Ingushetia 8 ? suicide bomb attack on interior ministry convoy
7 Jul 2006 Chechnya 4 2 armed attack on fisherman on road
21 Aug 2006 Moscow 13 47 bombing at market
23 Feb 2007 Gudermes, Chechnya 5 ? bombing of interior ministry unit
18 Jul 2007 Kizilyurt, Dagestan 4 3 bombing of police at school playground
13 Aug 2007 Malaya Vishera, Novogorod 0 60 bombing of railroad and train derailment near Malaya Vishera
24 Aug 2007 Buynakskiy, Dagestan 2 12 shooting attack on police convoy
22 Nov 2007 Pyatigorsk, Stavropol 5 13 bombing attack on bus
19 Mar 2008 Alkhazurovo, Chechnya 6 8 armed attack on administration building
7 Aug 2008 Sochi, Krasnodar 2 13 bombing on beach
30 Aug 2008 Vedeno, Chechnya 3 11 car bombing
4 Sep 2008 Moscow 1 10 bombing in cafe
21 Oct 2008 Sergokalinskiy, Dagestan 5 9 bombing targeting interior ministry officials
23 Oct 2008 Saadi-Kotar, Chechnya 4 8 attack on convoy
6 Nov 2008 Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia 12 41 bombing near market as minibus arrived at bus stop
25 Dec 2008 Nizhniye Achaluki, Ingushetia 2 11 shooting attack at funeral
1 Feb 2009 Makhachkala, Dagestan 5 1 shooting attack at cafe
10 Feb 2009 Magas, Ingushetia 8 24 suicide bombing
15 May 2009 Grozny, Chechnya 4 5 suicide bombing
23 Jun 2009 Nazran, Ingushetia 3 5 suicide bombing/assassination attempt
26 Jul 2009 Grozny, Chechnya 7 10 suicide bombing at theater
17 Aug 2009 Nazran, Ingushetia 25 164 car bombing at police headquarters
21 Aug 2009 Grozny, Chechnya 6 1 2 suicide bombings
25 Aug 2009 Mesker-Yurt, Chechnya 4 3 bombing
16 Sep 2009 Grozny, Chechnya 2 6 suicide bombing
27 Nov 2009 Lykoshino, Tver 28 97 bombing and derailing of train
17 Dec 2009 Nazran, Ingushetia 1 23 suicide bombing at police station
6 Jan 2010 Makhachkala, Dagestan 6 14 suicide bombing
5 Feb 2010 Makhachkala, Dagestan 4 0 shooting attack/assassination
29 Mar 2010 Moscow 40 100 two suicide bombings on subway
31 Mar 2010 Kizlyar, Dagestan 14 37 two suicide bombings
1 Apr 2010 Dagestan 2 1 premature bombing, western Dagestan
5 Apr 2010 Karabulak, Ingushetia 2 13 two bombings near police station
9 Apr 2010 Ekazhevo, Ingushetia 2 0 shooting/suicide bombing
29 Apr 2010 Makhachkala, Dagestan 4 16 suicide bombing at checkpoint
1 May 2010 Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria 1 29 bombing at horse racing track
7 May 2010 Derbent, Dagestan 1 7 bombing at train station
13 May 2010 Ayalizi, Dagestan 12 3 bombing and shooting attack near cell phone/television tower
27 May 2010 Stavropol, Stavropol 7 46 bombing at cultural center
30 Jun 2010 Grozny, Chechnya 1 10 suicide bombing at checkpoint
21 Jul 2010 Baksan, Kabardino-Balkaria 2 2 shooting/bombing attack on hydroelectric power station
24 Jul 2010 Samara, Samara 2 14 shooting attack at market
17 Aug 2010 Pyatigorsk, Stavropol 0 30 bombing near cafe
17 Aug 2010 Prigorodny, North Ossetia 6 3 suicide bombing at checkpoint
5 Sep 2010 Buinaksk, Dagestan 5 39 suicide bombing
9 Sep 2010 Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia 18 173 car bombing near market
19 Oct 2010 Grozny, Chechnya 6 17 armed attack on parliament building
11 Nov 2010 Makhachkala, Dagestan 11 3 shooting attack in city center
18 Dec 2010 Kabardino-Balkaria 8 0 kidnapping and killing of hunters from Stavropol
24 Jan 2011 Domodedovo IAP, Moscow 37 178 suicide bombing at baggage claim area of airport
18 Feb 2011 Mt. Elbrus, Kabardino-Balkaria 3 2 shooting attack on tourists at ski resort
2 Aug 2011 Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk 0 1 bombing at nursery school
22 Sep 2011 Makhachkala, Dagestan 10 60 three car bombings and one attempted bombing
28 Sep 2011 Khadzhalmakhi, Dagestan 8 6 car bombing
3 May 2012 Makhachkala, Dagestan 7 100 twin car bombings near police station
19 Aug 2012 Malgobek, Ingushetia 8 15 suicide bombing at policeman's funeral
19 Aug 2012 Khasavyurt, Dagestan 1 8 shooting attack at Muslim mosque
1 May 2013 Makhachkala, Dagestan 2 2 two teenagers killed, two adults injured by bombing at shopping mall
20 May 2013 Makhachkala, Dagestan 4 44 two car bombings
25 May 2013 Makhachkala, Dagestan 1 18 suicide car bombing near government building, 5 police officers and 10 others injured, 1 terrorist killed
21 Oct 2013 Volgograd, Volgograd 6 31 suicide bombing on bus
27 Dec 2013 Pyatigorsk, Stavropol 3 0 car bombing
29 Dec 2013 Volgograd, Volgograd 18 29 suicide bombing on bus
30 Dec 2013 Volgograd, Volgograd 17 50 suicide bombing at entrance to train station
8 Jan 2014 Tambukan, Stavropol 1 0 car found with body of a shooting victim, with an explosive device nearby detonating as police investigated, causing no injuries
8 Jan 2014 Zolskaya, Stavropol 2 0 two cars found each with a body of a shooting victim; one vehicle was rigged with explosives
8 Jan 2014 Marinskaya, Stavropol 3 0 one car found with bodies of three shooting victims; vehicle was rigged with explosives
15 Jan 2014 Karlanyurt, Dagestan 7 5 shootout between police and militants accused in Dec. 2013 car bombings; 3 police and 4 militants killed
9 Feb 2014 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin 2 6 shooting attack at Russian Orthodox cathedral
Russia terrorism statistics, 1994-2014, by location (incomplete)
region incidents fatalities injuries
Amur 1 11 0
Astrakhan 2 10 56
Chechnya 48 666 1,545
Dagestan 29 339 684
Ingushetia 15 150 300
Kabardino-Balkaria 6 105 223
Khabarovsk 1 0 1
Krasnodar 1 2 13
Moscow 21 590 1,914
North Ossetia 13 567 1,268
Novogorod 2 5 73
Rostove 2 63 480
Sakhalin 1 2 6
Samara 1 2 14
Stavropol 16 252 971
Tula 1 43 0
Tver 1 28 97
Volgograd 5 45 122
RUSSIA TOTAL 172 2,940 7,983
Annual terrorism statistics, Russia (incomplete)
year incidents killed injured annual rates per million population
fatalities fatalities
plus injuries
1994 3 20 19 0.14 0.27
1995 2 146 450 0.99 4.05
1996 9 120 169 0.81 1.96
1997 4 16 54 0.11 0.48
1998 2 17 83 0.12 0.68
1999 9 378 1,051 2.57 9.72
2000 19 232 552 1.58 5.34
2001 12 72 274 0.49 2.37
2002 10 481 1,500 3.31 13.65
2003 14 247 872 1.71 7.76
2004 12 628 1,002 4.38 11.36
2005 7 120 258 0.84 2.64
2006 3 25 49 0.18 0.52
2007 5 16 88 0.11 0.74
2008 8 35 111 0.25 1.04
2009 11 93 339 0.66 3.08
2010 22 154 557 1.10 5.10
2011 5 58 247 0.42 2.20
2012 3 16 123 0.13 1.20
2013 7 51 174 0.36 1.55
2014 4 13 5 0.11 0.18
total 172 2,940 7,983 1.01 3.79
Sources (list under construction):
Global Terrorism Database, on line [http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/].
International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, on line [http://www.ict.org.il/].
Incidents of Mass Casualty Terrorism, Johnston's Archive, and sources therein.
various news reports.
