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.

For related listings more thoroughly vetted, see these pages:

• List of worst terrorist acts
• Incidents of mass casualty terrorism
• Terrorist and criminal attacks targeting children

date	location	killed	injured	summary
12 Mar 1994	Blagoveshchensk, Amur, Russia	11	0	bombing of apartments
Mar 1994	Barnaul, Siberia	3		shooting at SS-25 site
28 Jul 1994	Mineralniye Vody, Stavropol	6	19	hijacking of bus
14 Jun 1995	Budennovsk, Russia	143	435	hostage taking at hospital
6 Oct 1995	Grozny, Chechnya	3	15	bombing
9 Jan 1996	Kizlayar, Dagestan	23	0	hostage taking
19 Apr 1996	Vladikavkaz, Russia	5	13	bombing of railway station
11 Jun 1996	Moscow, Russia	4	12	bombing on subway
28 Jun 1996	Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria	6	40	bombing of bus
11 Jul 1996	Moscow, Russia	0	6	bombing of bus
12 Jul 1996	Moscow, Russia	1	28	bombing of bus
10 Nov 1996	Moscow, Russia	13	70	bombing at cemetery
28 Apr 1997	Pyatigorsk, Stavropol, Russia	2	12	bombing of train station
27 Jun 1997	Jorbino, Russia	5	13	bombing of train between Moscow and St. Petersburg
1 Jan 1998	Moscow, Russia	0	3	bombing of subway
19 Mar 1999	Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia	60	100	bombing at market
26 Apr 1999	Moscow, Russia	0	11	bombing at hotel
31 Aug 1999	Moscow, Russia	1	40	bombing at shopping center
4 Sep 1999	Buinaksk, Dagestan	64	66	bombing of apartment
9 Sep 1999	Moscow, Russia	94	150	bombing of apartment
13 Sep 1999	Moscow, Russia	130	150	bombing of apartment
16 Sep 1999	Volgodonsk, Russia	17	480	car bombing
11 Jun 2000	Grozny; Alkhan-Yurt, Chechnya	7	0	2 car bombings
2 Jul 2000	Argun, Chechnya	25	81	suicide bombing at interior ministry base
2 Jul 2000	Gudermes, Chechnya	11	0	suicide bombing at police station
8 Aug 2000	Moscow, Russia	12	150	bombing of subway
5 Feb 2001	Moscow, Russia	0	9	bombing of subway
10 Nov 2001	Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia	6	43	bombing at market
9 May 2002	Kaspiysk, Russia	43	151	bombing at parade
26 Oct 2002	Moscow, Russia	170	501	hostage taking at theater
27 Dec 2002	Grozny, Chechnya	71	640	2 bombings near government house
12 May 2003	Znamenskoye, Chechnya	59	200	truck bombing at government complex
14 May 2003	Iliskhan-Yurt, Chechnya	16	43	suicide bombing at religious festival
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, Russia	16	56	2 suicide bombings at rock festival
1 Aug 2003	Mozdok, North Ossetia	50	82	truck bombing of hospital
3 Sep 2003	Stavropol, Russia	7	90	bombing on train
15 Sep 2003	Magas, Ingushetia	3	29	truck bombing
5 Dec 2003	Stavropol, Russia	47	186	bombing on train
10 Dec 2003	Moscow, Russia	6	44	suicide bombing at Red Square
3 Feb 2004	Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia	11		car bombing near market
6 Feb 2004	Moscow, Russia	41	134	bombing of subway
24 Aug 2004	Tula Oblast, Russia	43	0	bombing of airliner
24 Aug 2004	Rostove Oblast, Russia	46	0	bombing of airliner
31 Aug 2004	Moscow, Russia	10	30	bombing near subway
3 Sep 2004	Beslan, North Ossetia	366	747	hostage taking at school
12 Jun 2005	Russia	0	42	bombing of train
21 Aug 2006	Moscow, Russia	13	47	bombing at market
13 Aug 2007	Russia	0	60	bombing of railroad and train derailment
30 Aug 2008	Vedeno, Russia	3	11	car bombing
6 Nov 2008	Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia	12	41	bombing near market
10 Feb 2009	Magas, Ingushetia	8	24	suicide bombing
15 May 2009	Grozny, Chechnya	4	5	suicide bombing
23 Jun 2009	Ingushetia	3	2	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	Bologoye, Russia	28	97	bombing and derailing of train
17 Dec 2009	Ingushetia	1	23	suicide bombing at police station
6 Jan 2010	Makhachkala, Dagestan	6	14	suicide bombing
29 Mar 2010	Moscow, Russia	40	100	2 suicide bombings on subway
31 Mar 2010	Kizlyar, Dagestan	12	23	2 suicide bombings
1 Apr 2010	western Dagestan	2	1	premature bombing
5 Apr 2010	Karabulak, Ingushetia	2	13	2 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
27 May 2010	Stavropol, Russia	7	40	bombing at cultural center
30 Jun 2010	Grozny, Chechnya	1	10	suicide bombing at checkpoint
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	17	139	car bombing near market
19 Oct 2010	Grozny, Chechnya	6	17	armed attack on parliament building
24 Jan 2011	Moscow, Russia	35	180	suicide bombing at airport

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Last modified 26 January 2011.
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