April 23 — at 15:45 Moscow time, at the age of 76, the first President of Russia, Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, died at the Central Clinical Hospital of the Administrative Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation. He had been hospitalized 12 days before his death. The death was caused by cardiac arrest.
April 24 — a public farewell ceremony was held in Moscow at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
April 28 — a farewell ceremony was held at the Moscow Conservatory following the death of the world-famous conductor and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich.
August 2 — using the Mir manned deep-submergence vehicles, the seabed of the Arctic Ocean at the North Pole was reached for the first time in the world, where the Russian flag and a capsule with a message to future generations were placed.
August 13 — the Nevsky Express train (Moscow–Saint Petersburg) derailed near Malaya Vishera due to the detonation of an improvised explosive device on the tracks.
September 15 — the domain Google.com was registered.
November 4 — four-letter domains in the .COM zone ran out.