List of school attacks in Russia


This chronological list of school attacks in Russia that occurred at K–12 public and private schools, as well as at colleges and universities, and on school buses. Excluded from this list are the following:
  1. Incidents that occurred as a result of police actions
  2. Suicides or suicide attempts involving only one person.

List

DateLocationPerpetratorDeadInjuredDescription
5 May 1874YekaterinburgAlexei Skachkov10A student of Yekaterinburg gymnasium was noticed smoking in the toilet by his head teacher, Yakov Predtechensky; after a decision to expel Skachkov, he murdered Predtechensky using a revolver. Sentenced to deportation to Siberia and ban from ever returning to Yekaterinburg
15 September 1900KharkivIwanow11After failing an exam, gymnasium student Iwanow shot and killed principal Tschanowitsch with a revolver and also wounded a teacher named Horkiwicz before surrendering to police.
4 April 1950GîscaVladimir Georgievich Tatarnikov24 UnknownGîsca school bombing: A military commander detonated a large bomb at a school in Gyska, killing himself, two other teachers and 21 students.
Lyamino, Perm OblastMikhail Tselousov7624-year-old Mikhail Tselousov fatally shot seven people and wounded six others at School of Construction N°6 as retaliation for perceived unfair treatment at his workplace. He was sentenced to death and executed one year later.
LeningradAnatoly Fedorenko63 Anatoly Fedorenko killed six cadets and wounded two. He was also injured by one of the fatally wounded cadets. Sentenced to death.
MoscowGrigory Kuts10Grigory Kuts killed his physical education teacher with a TT pistol after classes. Earlier Kuts shot dead plant director. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison as a minor. He was later sentenced to death for another murder in prison.
5 December 1995Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–AlaniaYuri Kardanov38 A 35-year-old man detonated grenades at a kindergarten around 1 p.m., killing three children and injuring seven others — three children, two teachers and two policemen — as well as himself.
Kamyshin, Volgograd OblastSergey Lepnev62Sergey Lepnev shot and killed five cadets and a commander and wounded two other cadets. Sentenced to death and later commuted to 25 years in prison due to moratorium.
1-3 September 2004Beslan, North Ossetia–AlaniaRiyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs365-731 800+Beslan school hostage crisis
3 February 2014MoscowSergey Viktorovich Gordeyev212014 [Moscow school shooting]: a 15-year-old student shot dead teacher, took hostages, killed the arriving policeman, along with injured another one before surrendering.
20 October 2014Elektrostal, Moscow OblastUnnamed 9th grade student10A student attacked a security guard with a baseball bat and then stabbed him to death. The student was restrained by a teacher until police arrived.
4 December 2014Tomsk, Tomsk OblastTom04A former student named “Tom” broke into a private gym in Tomsk, injuring four people with a compressed air gun, three students and the director. No one had serious injuries.
20 March 2015Tomsk, Tomsk OblastUnnamed 9th grade student02In an attack at School N°64, two students were lightly wounded by gunfire from a ninth-grader, who was later arrested.
30 November 2015Saratov, Saratov OblastRasim Kerimov12During an argument, a 45-year-old father of a student fired shots at Azamat Normanov, who died in the attack, in addition to wounding two other adults, before being detained.
18 March 2016Nakhodka, Primorsky KraiUnnamed 19-year-old man2 0A 19-year-old man broke into a school in Nakhodka and made his way to the principal's office, where he killed his 15-year-old ex-lover before killing himself.
5 September 2017Ivanteevka, Moscow OblastMikhail Sergeyevich Pivnev04 2017 Ivanteyevka school attack: A teacher was hit in the head with a meat cleaver and shot in the face with an air rifle by a 15-year-old student who threatened other classmates, causing three other students, two girls and a boy, to jump out of the window and injure themselves before the suspect was arrested.
1 November 2017MoscowAndrei Emelyannikov2 0A student killed his security teacher with a knife at a Moscow polytechnic college before killing himself with a circular saw.
18 December 2017Irkutsk, Irkutsk OblastUnnamed student10A 16-year-old student stabbed his 15-year-old classmate to death at School N°4.
15 January 2018Motovilikhinsky, Perm KraiAleksandr Sergeyevich Buslidze
Lev Romanovich Bidzhakov
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17 January 2018Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk OblastUnnamed student01A 16-year-old student attacked his classmate with a knife after a fight.
19 January 2018Ulan-Ude, Buryatia RepublicAnton Bichivin07 A ninth-grade student attacked five students and a teacher with an axe before throwing himself from a second-floor building and stabbing himself until he was restrained by police who took him to hospital in serious condition.
21 March 2018Shadrinsk, Kurgan OblastAnna Kargapolova
Natalya Kabakova
07Two 13-year-old cousins locked themselves in a classroom and injured 7 students at School N°15. One of them fired shots from a pneumatic pistol, while the other stopped the victims from escaping with a knife. The attackers were restrained by a teacher, who managed to enter the room.
18 April 2018Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan RepublicArtyom Tagirov04 A 17-year-old seventh-grade student armed himself with a knife and attacked two classmates in a classroom. The first victim suffered a cut on his forearm and then jumped out of the window to escape, suffering fractures. The second victim suffered a chest injury, and a 29-year-old teacher who tried to calm the suspect was injured before the suspect attempted suicide by stabbing himself.
10 May 2018Barabinsk, Novosibirsk OblastIlya Ivanistov1 3Ilya Ivanistov, a 16-year-old student at a college in Barabinsk, shot a student with a double-barreled shotgun and then killed themselves. Two other students were injured by jumping out of a window to escape the shooter.
17 October 2018KerchVladislav Igorevich Roslyakov21 73Kerch Polytechnic College massacre: school shooting and bomb attack committed by an 18-year-old fourth-year student.
25 January 2019Abalakovo, Krasnoyarsk KraiUnnamed 9th grade student00A ninth-grader tried to shoot his classmate with a shotgun, but after he disappeared, the gunman began shooting at the school windows. The shooter was detained; he turned out to be a student in a special education class. There were no casualties.
13 May 2019Kazan, TatarstanIskander Khalfin01 A 17-year-old student armed with a BB gun took four teachers and 12 classmates hostage before being arrested. One teacher suffered heart problems and was taken to the hospital, even though she was not directly injured in the hostage crisis.
28 May 2019Volsk, Saratov OblastDaniil Pulkin012019 [Volsk school attack]: A 15-year-old seventh-grader attempted to set his classroom on fire with a Molotov cocktail but failed and then went into the hallway where he attacked a 12-year-old girl with an axe to the head, leaving her in a moderate condition, before fleeing home and being later arrested by police.
31 October 2019Narian-Mar, NenetsiaDenis Pozdeev10A 36-year-old man entered into a kindergarten and stabbed a 6-year-old boy to death during quiet hours, before being arrested and later taken into compulsory treatment.
14 November 2019Blagoveshchensk, Amur OblastDaniil Viktorovich Zasorin2 3Blagoveshchensk college shooting: The student, Daniil Zasorin, 19, opened fire with an IZH-81 shotgun. The criminal also began shooting in the direction of the police, who responded, wounding the shooter. Zasorin then shot and killed himself.
26 February 2020Ulyanovsk, Ulyanovsk OblastUnnamed 8th grade student01A 15-year-old student stabbed his algebra teacher in the stomach before being arrested. The student is being treated in a compulsive treatment center.
16 February 2021Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk OblastDenis Miller10A 22-year-old student attacked his fellow student, Denis Gubarev, 26, in front of Novosibirsk State Technical University with a knife before being arrested.
Kazan, TatarstanIlnaz Rinatovich Galyaviev923Kazan school bombing and shooting: 19-year-old Ilnaz Galyaviev killed seven students and two teachers in Gymnasium N°175 and injured 23 others before surrendering to the police.
21 May 2021Berezniki, Perm KraiRoman Dolbeev01A tenth grade student attacked his 74-year-old teacher in the neck before being restrained by a school security guard. The teacher managed to survive the attack despite being wounded in the neck.
20 September 2021Perm, Perm KraiTimur Maratovich Bekmansurov648Perm State University shooting: mass shooting committed by an 18-year-old student.
18 October 2021Oktyabrsky District, Perm KraiUnnamed 6th grade student01A sixth-grader brought a gun into his school and fired two shots at a wall and a fiberglass door. An 11-year-old student was injured by shards of broken glass. The school principal convinced the shooter to give her the gun, after which the gunman was detained.
13 December 2021Serpukhov, Moscow OblastVladislav Andreevich Struzhenkov013 An 18-year-old man detonated a bomb at a school in Serpukhov, seriously injuring himself and 12 others, one of them moderately. The man was taken to hospital, survived and was convicted of the explosion.
28 March 2022Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk KraiPolina Platonovna Dvorkina1 0Krasnoyarsk kindergarten shooting: A 19-year-old woman, after killing her father at home as a result of a quarrel, came to krasnoyarsk kindergarten N°31 at about 2 p.m. with a shotgun hidden under her outerwear, where she intended, as it later turned out, to commit a mass murder of boys, but was disarmed by one of the kindergarten employees, after which she was detained. In July 2023, Dvorkina was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
26 April 2022Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk OblastRuslan Rushanovich Akhtyamov5 1Veshkayma kindergarten shooting: three people were murdered at the kindergarten before the 26-year-old shooter also killed himself. He had also killed owner of used gun earlier on the same day.
Izhevsk, Udmurt RepublicArtyom Igorevich Kazantsev19 23Izhevsk school shooting: 34-year-old Artyom Kazantsev opened fire at his former school before also killing themselves.
7 February 2023Khimki, Moscow OblastMelvira01A fifth grader stabbed her classmate in the boys' bathroom with a knife. The victim was struck between 46 and 100 times, with 5 of the stabs being deep. Despite the loss of blood, the victim miraculously survived the attack that occurred at School N°10.
13 April 2023Saint PetersburgUnnamed 9th grade student04A ninth-grader armed with a Borner PM-X air pistol injured four students at a school in St. Petersburg. The four injured were not seriously injured.
11 September 2023Krasny Desant, Rostov OblastGrigory Belyaev04A masked 15-year-old student armed with his grandmother's knife went to his school around 7:50 a.m. After threatening a staff member, the suspect attacked four adults with the weapon, among the injured were three staff members and a student's grandfather. Before the suspect was arrested.
17 October 2023Izhevsk, UdmurtiaUnnamed student01A 14-year-old student with schizophrenia stabbed a classmate three times.
Bryansk, Bryansk OblastAlina Dmitrievna Afanaskina2 5Bryansk school shooting: an eighth-grader girl shot a classmate dead and injured five people before shooting herself in a school.
10 and 11 February 2024Elista, Kalmykia RepublicSergei D.1 5A 29-year-old man with mental health issues went to the Center for Alternative Mediation and Educational Services, where he detonated a bomb in the center after an argument, killing the suspect and injuring a couple. When the suspect was identified, investigators went to the suspect's residence, where a second explosion occurred, injuring three policemen, one of them seriously.
26 February 2024MoscowUnnamed 4th grade student02 A student who had been dumped by a boy, who was her boyfriend, attacked a friend who was also dating him, before trying to kill herself at the Russian State Humanitarian University.
16 September 2024Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk OblastRoman Gizatulin05 A 13-year-old student, armed with a knife, a hammer and a BB gun, attacked and injured three classmates with the hammer. A 57-year-old teacher who tried to protect her students was lightly hit before the suspect attempted suicide, but survived and was arrested.
23 September 2024Balagansk, Irkutsk OblastArtyom B.03During recess, an eighth-grade student armed with a knife and a hammer hit a classmate in the back of the head, and two other students were hit in the hands with hammers, before being restrained by the physical education teacher.
6 December 2024Krasnodar, Krasnodar KraiUnnamed 8th grade student07A fight at a school in Krasnodar escalated into a stabbing. A 14-year-old student stabbed and seriously injured two students and cut five others. After the attack, the student fled but was soon detained. The attack occurred as students were entering their classrooms.
11 March 2025Niznhy Novgorod, Niznhy Novgorod OblastUnnamed 8th grade student02A student armed with a knife lightly attacked two classmates with a knife, one of the victims was stabbed in the neck and the other in the stomach, the attack occurred at a School N°117.
29 September 2025ArkhangelskArtemy Koryukov03 A former student attacked college workers in Arkhangelsk with a knife. The young man was neutralized by other students.
16 December 2025Odintsovo, Moscow OblastTimofey Kulyamov132025 [Odintsovo school attack]: A student attacked a security guard with pepper spray and a knife and then stabbed a 10-year-old schoolboy to death.
22 January 2026Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan13 year old student02 2026 [Nizhnekamsk School attack]