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The Rise of Putin and the 1999 Apartment Bombs

Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT by History Hit

Mar 19, 202634:31Society & Culture

In September 1999, just weeks after 46-year-old Vladimir Putin became Russia’s prime minister, a series of apartment bombings ripped through Russian cities, killing hundreds as they slept and plunging the country into fe...

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The Rise of Putin and the 1999 Apartment Bombs is an episode from Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT by History Hit. In September 1999, just weeks after 46-year-old Vladimir Putin became Russia’s prime minister, a series of apartment bombings ripped th...

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Published Mar 19, 2026, 34:31 long, audio available.