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Vice President: Acting president during the 1993 constitutional crisis. His powers were not recognized by Boris Yeltsin. Viktor Chernomyrdin Виктор Черномырдин 1938–2010 (aged 72) 5–6 November 1996 Prime Minister: Acting president during Boris Yeltsin's heart surgery. Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин Born 1952 ...
This is a list of rulers of Kievan Rus', the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, the Soviet Union, and the modern Russian Federation.It does not include regents, acting rulers, rulers of the separatist states in the territory of Russia, persons who applied for the post of ruler, but did not become one, rebel leaders who did not control the capital, and the nominal ...
On 25 December, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was renamed Russian Federation, with the names of the state and its highest executive office constitutionally amended in 1992. The office got its current status with the adoption of a new constitution in 1993, following an armed dispute between the president and the parliament.
Vladimir Putin and his then-spouse Lyudmila with US President George W. Bush and his spouse Laura at Novo-Ogaryovo on 24 May 2002 Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin at Novo-Ogaryovo on 7 July 2009 Novo-Ogaryovo ( Russian : Ново-Огарёво ), also transliterated as Novo-Ogarevo , is an estate in the Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast ...
The president of Russia, officially the president of the Russian Federation (Russian: Президент Российской Федерации, romanized: Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii), is the executive head of state of Russia. The president is the chair of the Federal State Council and the supreme commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed ...
War elephants were the ultimate weapon of ancient empires. Find out how they were trained and how they served, right up through World War II.
A dacha (Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian: дача, IPA: ⓘ) is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of post-Soviet countries, including Russia. [1] A cottage ( коттедж , kottedzh ) or shack serving as a family's main or only home, or an outbuilding, is not considered a dacha, [ 1 ] although some dachas ...
The Mezhyhirya estate is over 140 ha (350 acres) and is situated on the banks of the Dnieper river (Kyiv Reservoir) [15] in the village of Novi Petrivtsi, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast. [ 47 ] [ 26 ] [ 48 ] There is a yacht pier, an equestrian club, a shooting range, a tennis court and other recreational facilities [ 49 ] as well as hunting ...