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This is a list of known mass shootings – in this case, incidents that resulted in at least four injured or killed – that have occurred in Russia.
| Date | Location | Subject | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 1992 | Kyakhta | Buryatia | 8 | 2 | 10 | An unknown soldier killed eight soldiers and wounded two others.[1] |
| 26 April 1992 | Kazan | Tatarstan | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1992 Tatarstan shooting: Andrey Shpagonov killed nine people and wounded another while trying to steal firearms during a robbery. He was sentenced to death and executed in 1995. |
| 26 October 1992 | Yekaterinburg | Sverdlovsk Oblast | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1992 Yekaterinburg shooting: bandits shot and killed four people. |
| 19 July 1993 | Moscow | Moscow | 1 | 6[a] | 7 | A drive-by shooting in front of a car shop left one person dead and six others wounded, including one of the perpetrators.[2] |
| 4 March 1994 | Moscow | Moscow | 7 | 1 | 8 | Seven people were killed and another wounded at an office on the premises of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Physical Education.[3] |
| 8 March 1994 | Tanfiliev Island | Sakhalin Oblast | 6 | 3 | 9 | Dmitry Belkov and Andrey Bogdashin shot dead six soldiers and wounded three.[4] |
| 18 October 1994 | Moscow | Moscow | 2 | 3 | 5 | Bandits killed two and injured three people.[5] |
| 10 January 1995 | Chita | Zabaykalsky Krai | 5 | 1 | 6 | Bandits killed five people and injured one.[6] |
| 30 July 1995 | Popov Island | Primorsky Krai | 5 | 6 | 11 | Vyacheslav Bugakov shot and killed five soldiers and wounded six others.[7] |
| 5 August 1995 | Moscow | Moscow | 4 | 0 | 4 | Alexander Pustovalov and an unknown person killed four people.[8] |
| 14 November 1995 | Chindant outpost in the Transbaikal | Zabaykalsky Krai | 2 | 3 | 5 | Valery Sakharov killed two soldiers and wounded three others.[9] |
| 20 November 1995 | Saratov | Saratov Oblast | 12 | 1 | 13 | Murder of Igor Chikunov: two unknown people killed 12 people and wounded one. |
| 26 February 1996 | Kuzovlevo | Tomsk Oblast | 4[b] | 0 | 4 | Yuri Dovgan and Alexander Kochetkov killed two officers before being killed by another soldier.[10] |
| 26 February 1996 | Timashevsk | Krasnodar Krai | 7 | 1 | 8 | Bandits shot dead seven people and wounded one.[11] |
| 28 July 1996 | Moscow | Moscow | 5 | 0 | 5 | Bandits shot and killed five people.[12] |
| 10 October 1996 | Smirnykh | Sakhalin Oblast | 4 | 0 | 4 | Sergey Khrushch and Konstantin Krylov shot dead four soldiers.[13] |
| 19 November 1996 | Kazan | Tatarstan | 6[c] | 0 | 6 | 65-year-old scientist Karen Zhamogortian shot and killed four of his colleagues, his wife and himself.[14] |
| 4 January 1997 | Perm | Perm Krai | 4 | 3 | 7 | Oleg Lokhmatov shot dead three soldiers and one civilian and wounded three civilians.[15] |
| 9 March 1997 | Kamyshin | Volgograd Oblast | 6 | 2 | 8 | Kamyshinsky military school shooting: Sergey Lepnev shot and killed five cadets and commander and wounded two other cadets.[16] |
| 24 May 1997 | Balagansk | Irkutsk Oblast | 4 | 6 | 10 | A drunken shepherd killed four people and wounded six others with a hunting rifle.[17] |
| 29 May 1997 | Gusinoozyorsk | Buryatia | 6 | 0 | 6 | Yevgeny Gorbunov shot and killed six soldiers.[18] |
| 31 July 1997 | Moscow | Moscow | 4[c] | 1[c] | 5 | Goncharnaya Street shooting: in the shootout, three policemen were killed, one bandit was killed and another bandit was wounded. |
| 23 November 1997 | Zabaykalsk | Zabaykalsky Krai | 5 | 1 | 6 | An 18-year-old private opened fire on six fellow guards with a Kalashnikov semi-automatic rifle, killing five and seriously wounding one.[19] |
| 26 January 1998 | Pobedino | Sakhalin Oblast | 7 | 1 | 8 | Oleg Naumov killed seven soldiers and wounded one. |
| 10 September 1998 | Severomorsk | Murmansk Oblast | 9[c] | 2 | 11 | 1998 Vepr incident: Alexander Kuzminykh stabbed to death a guard, then shot dead seven other soldiers and wounded two. After several hours he was killed by the FSB. |
| 8 October 1999 | Mekenskaya | Chechnya | 35 | 20+ | 55+ | Mikenskaya shootings: Ahmed Ibragimov shot dead 35 people and wounded more than 20 others. |
| Date | Location | Subject | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2000 | Zenzevatka | Volgograd Oblast | 8 | 0 | 8 | Oleg Dolzhenko shot dead eight soldiers.[20] |
| 30 September 2000 | Solikamsk | Perm Krai | 2 | 6 | 8 | Alexey Skorobogatykh killed two soldiers and wounded six others.[21] |
| 21 November 2000 | Tolyatti | Samara Oblast | 7 | 0 | 7 | Two bandits killed seven people.[22] |
| 5 July 2001 | Urgaksh | Kirov Oblast | 3 | 3 | 6 | Ramil Kasimov, the manager of an agricultural farm in Sovetsky District, fatally shot three people and injured three others.[23] |
| 8 July 2001 | Kamensk-Shakhtinsky | Rostov Oblast | 6 | 1 | 7 | Denis Smyshlyaev and Yevgeny Samoilov shot dead six soldiers and wounded one.[24] |
| 6 August 2001 | Abakan | Khakassia | 4 | 0 | 4 | Denis Pertsev shot and killed four soldiers.[25] |
| 19 August 2001 | Chelyabinsk | Chelyabinsk Oblast | 3 | 1 | 4 | Alexander Chobotov shot and killed three people and wounded another.[26] |
| 31 January 2002 | Uelen | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | 4 | 0 | 4 | Andrei Rastegaev shot dead four soldiers.[27] |
| 3–5 February 2002 | Buinsk | Tatarstan | 11[b] | 2 | 13 | Almaz Shageev and Mikhail Sukhorukov killed nine people and injured two others. Shageev killed Sukhorukov and then killed himself.[28] |
| 11 April 2002 | Makhachkala | Dagestan | 2 | 2[c] | 4 | Turar Abugaliev shot and killed two soldiers and wounded one and then wounded himself.[29] |
| 23 August 2002 | Ingushetia | 8 | 0 | 8 | Oleg Khismatulin and Nikolai Bozhkov shot dead eight soldiers.[30] | |
| 25 August 2002 | Yaroslavsky | Primorsky Krai | 5 | 10 | 15 | Yaroslavsky shooting: Sergey Semidovsky killed five people and injured ten others. |
| 29 November 2002 | Ptysh border post | Karachay-Cherkessia | 5 | 6 | 11 | Denis Soloviev killed five soldiers and wounded six others.[31] |
| 20 February 2003 | Krasnoyarsk Krai | 5[c] | 0 | 5 | Sergey Khanov shot dead four soldiers and himself.[32] | |
| 17 February 2004 | Gar' | Kirov Oblast | 6 | 0 | 6 | Alexey Shilnikov shot dead six people.[33] |
| 2 September 2004 | Lipovtsy | Primorsky Krai | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20-year-old soldier Valery Nadyrshin shot dead three policemen. He was arrested after nine days on the run.[34] |
| 7 September 2004 | Surgut | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug | 4 | 5 | 9 | Four people were killed and five other people wounded when several shooters opened fire at a cafe.[35] |
| 15 March 2005 | Amurskaya post | Chita Oblast | 7[c] | 1[c] | 8 | Four soldiers killed six people.[36] |
| 2006 | Medvezhyegorsk | Republic of Karelia | 5 | 0 | 5 | Nikolai Sochnev killed five people.[37] |
| 6 February 2007 | Kapustin Yar | Astrakhan Oblast | 3[c] | 1 | 4 | Pyotr Babin shot and killed two soldiers and wounded one more and then shot himself.[38] |
| 23 April 2007 | Balashikha | Moscow Oblast | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2007 Balashikha shooting: Alexander Levin shot dead four people. |
| 23 September 2007 | Novosibirsk | Novosibirsk Oblast | 2 | 5 | 7 | Two people were killed and five people were wounded during a shootout in a nightclub in the Oktyabrsky district.[39] |
| 7 July 2008 | near Ussuriysk | Primorsky Krai | 4[c] | 0 | 4 | Vladimir Dienes shot dead three soldiers and killed himself.[40] |
| 13 April 2009 | Borzoy | Chechnya | 3 | 1[c] | 4 | Unknown soldier shot and killed three soldiers and wounded himself.[41] |
| 27 April 2009 | Moscow | Moscow | 2 | 7 | 9 | Evsyukov murder case: Denis Evsyukov shot and killed two people and wounded seven others. |
| Date | Location | Subject | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 October 2010 | Grozny | Chechnya | 7[d] | 17 | 24 | 2010 Chechen Parliament attack: three people died and 17 were wounded, four attackers were also killed. |
| 21 January 2011 | Stavropol | Stavropol Krai | 8 | 0 | 8 | Stavropol shooting: Roman Gubarev shot and killed eight people. |
| 23 April 2012 | Armavir | Krasnodar Krai | 1 | 4 | 5 | Five people were shot, one fatally, when two gunmen entered a cafe and opened fire.[42][43] |
| 26 August 2012 | Pestravka | Samara Oblast | 0 | 7 | 7 | A dispute at a cafe led to shots being fired into a crowd, wounding seven people.[43] |
| 28 August 2012 | Belidzhi | Dagestan | 8[c] | 6 | 14 | Ramzan Aliyev shot and killed seven soldiers and wounded six others, after which he was shot dead by soldiers.[44] |
| 7 November 2012 | Moscow | Moscow | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2012 Moscow shooting: Dmitry Vinogradov shot and killed six people and wounded another at his workplace with a shotgun.[43] |
| 22 April 2013 | Belgorod | Belgorod Oblast | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2013 Belgorod shooting: Sergey Pomazun shot six people dead in a gun store and the street. He was arrested the next day.[43] |
| 8 January 2014 | Stavropol Krai | 6 | 0 | 6 | Three militants shot dead six people.[45] | |
| 9 February 2014 | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | Sakhalin Oblast | 2 | 6 | 8 | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk cathedral shooting: Stepan Komarov shot dead two people and injured six others. |
| 27 January 2015 | Blagoveshchensk | Amur Oblast | 4[c] | 0 | 4 | Vladimir Lyovkin killed three people and then himself. |
| 26 August 2015 | Pesochnoye | Kostroma Oblast | 6[c] | 1 | 7 | Pavel Bakhtin killed five soldiers and wounded another, before shooting himself.[46] |
| 26 September 2015 | Simferopol | Republic of Crimea | 3[c] | 2 | 4 | Bekir Nebiev: Bekir Nebiev shot dead two people and wounded two others, before shooting himself. |
| 19 October 2015 | Krasnogorsky District | Moscow Oblast | 5[c] | 0 | 4 | Amiran Georgadze: Amiran Georgadze shot and killed four people, and then shot himself the next day. |
| 14 December 2015 | Moscow | Moscow | 2 | 8 | 10 | Rochdelskaya Street shooting: ten people were shot, two fatally, during a shootout at a cafe. |
| 31 January 2016 | Shlisselburg | Leningrad Oblast | 2 | 3 | 5 | Two men were killed and three were wounded during a dispute.[47] |
| 22 February 2016 | Tyumen | Tyumen Oblast | 0 | 4 | 4 | A group of friends opened fire at a nightclub, injuring four people.[48] |
| 27 March 2016 | Yakovlevskoye | Moscow Oblast | 1 | 3 | 4 | 55-year-old Alexei Bychkov shot and killed one person and wounded three others.[49] |
| 8 May 2016 | Chelokhovo | Moscow Oblast | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2016 Yegoryevsk shooting: Ilya Aseev killed five people and was arrested the next day.[48] |
| 5 June 2016 | Mytischi | Moscow Oblast | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four men were injured during a dispute between two groups.[50] |
| 26 July 2016 | Magas | Ingushetia | 1 | 4 | 5 | A domestic dispute escalated into a shooting, killing the local chief of police, Isa Yevloyev, and injuring four others.[48] |
| 10 August 2016 | Maltsevo | Mordovia | 3 | 0 | 3 | Grigory Gryaznov shot to death three people.[51][52] |
| 3 September 2016 | Yekaterinburg | Sverdlovsk Oblast | 2 | 7 | 9 | 38-year-old Oleg Shishov shot and killed two people and injured seven others with a rifle.[53] |
| 23 October 2016 | Pyt-Yakh | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were wounded in a dispute inside a cafe.[48] |
| 30 October 2016 | Yekaterinburg | Sverdlovsk Oblast | 0 | 5 | 5 | A man injured five people at a nightclub.[54] |
| 5 December 2016 | Stavropol | Stavropol Krai | 0 | 4 | 4 | A security guard at a bar shot and wounded four people during a confrontation with patrons.[48] |
| 15 December 2016 | Olsha | Smolensk Oblast | 5[c] | 3 | 8 | Georgy Borisovich Yudaev shot and killed four people and wounded three, before shooting himself.[55] |
| 27 December 2016 | Moscow | Moscow | 1[c] | 5 | 6 | 45-year-old K. Lunkov injured five people with a shotgun before committing suicide.[56] |
| 21 April 2017 | Khabarovsk | Khabarovsk Krai | 4[c] | 1 | 5 | Khabarovsk FSB attack: 17-year-old Anton Vyacheslavovich Konev shot and killed two people in the FSB reception room and wounded another one and killed himself. Before the attack, he shot dead an instructor in a shooting range. |
| 4 June 2017 | Redkino | Tver Oblast | 9 | 0 | 9 | Redkino shooting: Sergey Egorov killed nine people. |
| 10–11 June 2017 | Kratovo | Moscow Oblast | 6[c] | 6 | 12 | Kratovo shooting Igor Zenkov killed five people and wounded six and then shot himself. |
| 29 September 2017 | Belogorsk | Amur Oblast | 3 | 2 | 5 | Hasan Abdulakhadov shot and killed three soldiers and wounded two others and was shot the next day.[57] |
| 23 October 2017 | Shelkovskaya | Chechnya | 5[c] | 0 | 5 | Marat Hajiyev shot to death four soldiers after which he was killed by other soldiers.[58] |
| 18 February 2018 | Kizlyar | Dagestan | 6[c] | 4[59] | 10 | Kizlyar church shooting: Khalil Khalilov shot dead five people and wounded four others, after which he was killed by the police. |
| 27 February 2018 | Kazan | Tatarstan | 2[c] | 2 | 4 | A 36-year-old man killed a Rosgvardiya officer in a shootout and was later killed.[60] |
| 10 May 2018 | Barabinsk | Novosibirsk Oblast | 1[c] | 3 | 4 | Barabinsk College shooting: A 16-year-old student opened fire in a classroom, shot and wounded one person, went into the corridor and then shot himself. Two other students were injured when jumped from window, escaping the gunshots. |
| 24 May 2018 | Bulgunnyakhtakh | Sakha Republic | 6[c] | 0 | 6 | 66-year-old Alexander Novikov killed five people and committed suicide.[61] |
| 17 October 2018 | Kerch | Republic of Crimea | 21[c] | 67[62] | 88 | Kerch Polytechnic College massacre: a student, Vladislav Roslyakov, detonated a bomb and opened fire with a shotgun, before fatally shooting himself. |
| 13 January 2019 | Uchaly | Bashkortostan | 4[c] | 1 | 5 | 35-year-old Artur Ibragimov shot dead his wife, two neighbors, and wounded another, after which he shot himself.[63] |
| 22 October 2019 | Chernozubov | Rostov Oblast | 5 | 2 | 7 | During the shootout, five people died and two were wounded.[64] |
| 25 October 2019 | Gorny | Zabaykalsky Krai | 8[65] | 2[65] | 10 | Gorny shooting: a conscript soldier opened fire on his colleagues during a change of guards.[65] |
| 14 November 2019 | Blagoveshchensk | Amur Oblast | 2[c] | 3[66] | 5 | Blagoveshchensk college shooting: a 19-year-old student at the Amur college of construction opened fire at other students and then shot himself.[66] |
| 4 December 2019 | Perm | Perm Krai | 1 | 3[c] | 4 | In the early morning, 50-year-old previously convicted Dmitry Korostelev opened fire with an illegally-owned shotgun at the people on the streets while he was in a state of drug intoxication. Korostelev was wounded and detained. In November 2020 he was sent to compulsory treatment.[67][68] |
| 19 December 2019 | Moscow | Moscow | 3[c] | 5 | 8 | Moscow FSB headquarters shooting: Yevgeny Manyurov shot and killed two FSB officers and injured five people, after which he was shot dead by police. |
| Date | Location | Subject | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 February 2020 | Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad Oblast | 4[c][e] | 1 | 5 | Fazil Bahramov shot dead a married couple and wounded their children before shooting himself.[69][70] |
| 4 April 2020 | Yelatma | Ryazan Oblast | 5 | 0 | 5 | Anton Franchikov shot five people to death.[71] |
| 18 June 2020 | Moscow | Moscow | 4[c] | 0 | 4 | Sevastyan Putintsev shot three people to death before shooting himself.[72] |
| 12 October 2020 | Bolsheorlovskoe | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 5[c] | 2 | 7 | Bolsheorlovskoe mass shooting: Daniil Monakhov killed four people and wounded two more before shooting himself.[73] |
| 7 November 2020 | Yekaterinburg | Sverdlovsk Oblast | 4[c] | 1 | 5 | Dmitry Zakharov killed three people and wounded another during the party at his apartment before shooting himself.[74] |
| 9 November 2020 | Voronezh Malshevo airbase | Voronezh Oblast | 3 | 1 | 4 | Anton Makarov killed by axe one people and shot three others (two — fatally) before being detained.[75] |
| 11 May 2021 | Kazan | Tatarstan | 9 | 23 | 32 | Kazan school shooting: 19-year-old Ilnaz Galyaviev killed seven students and two teachers in his former gymnasium and injured 23 others before surrendering.[76] |
| 27 June 2021 | Biser | Perm Krai | 3 | 1 | 4 | Sergei Shinkevich fatally shot three people and wounded one.[77] |
| 20 September 2021 | Perm | Perm Krai | 6 | 24[c] | 30 | Perm State University shooting: Timur Bekmansurov fatally shot six people and wounded 23 others in and around the campus before being severely wounded and apprehended by police.[78] |
| 7 December 2021 | Moscow | Moscow | 2 | 4 | 6 | Moscow Multifunctional Center shooting: a 45-year-old male shot and killed two people and wounded four others, reportedly after being told to put on a face mask.[79] |
| 26 April 2022 | Veshkayma | Ulyanovsk Oblast | 5[c] | 1 | 6 | Veshkayma kindergarten shooting: Ruslan Akhtyamov fatally shot four people and wounded a fifth before committing suicide.[80] |
| 15 July 2022 | Novoshakhtinsk | Rostov Oblast | 4 | 1 | 5 | Denys Mashonsky shot to death four people and wounded another.[81] |
| 26 September 2022 | Izhevsk | Udmurtia | 19[c] | 23 | 42 | Izhevsk school shooting: 34-year-old Artyom Kazantsev opened fire at his former school before committing suicide.[82] |
| 15 October 2022 | Soloti | Belgorod Oblast | 13[b] | 15 | 28 | Soloti military training ground shooting: two conscripts from Tajikistan opened fire, killing 11 people before being killed by returned fire.[83] |
| 24 November 2022 | Krymsk | Krasnodar Krai | 4[c] | 1 | 5 | Vladimir Zhirov opened fire in a medical centre, killing two people. He then went outside and shot at passers-by on the sidewalk, shooting dead one person and wounding another before committing suicide. Two of the victims were acquaintances of the gunman.[84] |
| 9 August 2023 | Abinsky District | Krasnodar Krai | 1 | 3 | 4 | A man was fatally shot in the head and three others wounded during a domestic conflict that escalated into a shootout. A 21-year-old man was charged with murder, and two other people were detained in connection to the case.[85] |
| 24 September 2023 | Lyubinsky | Omsk Oblast | 4[c] | 0 | 4 | Dmitry Migunov shot to death his brother-in-law and his two children before killing himself.[86][87] |
| 14 October 2023 | Mirny | Sakha Republic | 4 | 0 | 4 | Viktor Chernykh killed four people.[88] |
| 7 December 2023 | Bryansk | Bryansk Oblast | 2[c] | 5 | 7 | Bryansk school shooting: a teenage girl shot a classmate dead and injured five people before shooting herself in a school.[89][90] |
| 22 March 2024 | Krasnogorsk | Moscow Oblast | 145 | 551 | 696 | Crocus City Hall attack: Four[91] terrorists linked to IS-KP[92] killed at least 145 people and injured at least 551. An undetermined number of the deaths were caused by fire or smoke inhalation.[93] |
| 27 March 2024 | Stavropol | Stavropol Krai | 3[c] | 1 | 4 | 37-year-old man shot and killed two daughters with a traumatic pistol and severely wounded his wife before killing himself.[94] |
| 23 June 2024 | Derbent & Makhachkala | Dagestan | 27[f] | 46 | 73 | 2024 Dagestan attacks: during the terrorist attacks, 17 policemen, five civilians and five attackers were killed. 46 people were injured. |
| 13 July 2024 | Agachaul | Dagestan | 1 | 3 | 4 | A 25-year-old man opened fire during a fight with an illegally owned pistol, killing one person and wounding three others, including two relatives of the deceased, after which he was arrested.[95] |
| 18 September 2024 | Moscow | Moscow | 2 | 7 | 9 | Shooting at Wildberries office in Moscow: two people died and seven were wounded during a shootout. |
| 29 January 2025 | Usokhi | Kaluga Oblast | 4[c] | 0 | 4 | Sergei Borisov shot and killed three people before committing suicide.[96] |
| 6 April 2025 | Lipnaya Gorka | Leningrad Oblast | 4 | 1 | 5 | Sergei Chemrov shot and killed four people and injured one person before being arrested.[97] |