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💀 Russian Famine Causes Mass Deaths
1603: The Russian famine of 1601–1603 kills perhaps one-third of Russia.⟶

FamineTsarist RussiaFood ShortageMortalityEconomic Hardship

💣 Russian Apartment Bombings
September 3 – 16: Russian apartment bombings kill more than 350 people.⟶

TerrorismPolitical ViolenceCivil ConflictInsurgencyVladimir Putin

🎭 Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis
October 23 – 26: Chechen rebels seize a theater in Moscow. Amid this siege, around 200 people died.⟶

TerrorismHostage CrisisInsurgencyMoscowSeparatismPolitical Violence

🏫 Beslan School Siege
September 1 – 3: On the first school day in Russia, a group of Chechen terrorists held students, parents and teachers hostage in Beslan school, in North Ossetia–Alania. During three days under attack, 334 people died.⟶

TerrorismHostage CrisisViolenceInsurgencyCivilian Casualties
