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  2. Boris Yeltsin - Wikipedia

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    Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin [a] [b] (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. . He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 19

  3. 1993 Russian constitutional crisis - Wikipedia

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    Before the referendum, Yeltsin had promised to resign, if the electorate failed to express confidence in his policies. [30] Although this permitted the president to declare that the population supported him, not the parliament, Yeltsin lacked a constitutional mechanism to implement his victory.

  4. Presidency of Boris Yeltsin - Wikipedia

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    On 25 December 1991, Boris Yeltsin, was full of presidential power in Russia in connection with the resignation of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and the actual collapse of the USSR. Following the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin had transferred his residence from the Russia's White House to the Kremlin and he received the so ...

  5. 1996 Russian presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Yeltsin would not complete the second term for which he was elected, as he resigned on 31 December 1999, eight months before the scheduled end of his term on 9 August 2000; he was succeeded by his chosen successor, Vladimir Putin, whom he had appointed prime minister of Russia a few months earlier.

  6. Dissolution of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    On 10 September, Boris Yeltsin wrote a letter of resignation to Gorbachev. [13] At the 27 October plenary meeting of the Central Committee, Yeltsin, frustrated that Gorbachev had not addressed any of the issues outlined in his resignation letter, criticized the slow pace of reform, and servility to the general secretary. [14]

  7. Term limits in Russia - Wikipedia

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    While Dmitry Medvedev (left) was president 2008–2012, Vladimir Putin (right) retained control over Russia's executive.. Yeltsin did not complete his final term, resigning from the presidency three months before it ended in 1999, making Prime Minister Vladimir Putin acting president until he was elected president in his own right in the 2000 election.

  8. Why did no one help her? Fatal subway burning exposes New ...

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    Surely, someone would have thrown their coat over her, ran to look for water, screamed at her to stop, drop and roll. Found a fire extinguisher.

  9. 1991 Russian presidential election - Wikipedia

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    [34] [35] This was a deal that was never implemented but for which then-RSFSR Deputy Prime Minister Gennadii Fil'shin had resigned the previous February. [34] [35] Actions to sway the election against Yeltsin were not perpetrated solely by officials in Soviet Union government. Conservative members of the RSFSR government also took similar actions.