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Gorbachev became first and last president of the Union. [2] His tenure was marked by the legal and political confrontation with Russia and other republics of the USSR which eventually led to their full independence in late 1991.
A new democratic Russia was born during his time: a free, open and peaceful country. A state in which the power truly does belong to the people. ... the first President of Russia’s strength consisted in the mass support of Russian citizens for his ideas and aspirations.
On 17 March 1991, the all-Russian referendum on the introduction of presidency was held. More than 70% of citizens voted for the introduction of the office. On 12 June, Boris Yeltsin won 57% of the popular vote in the first democratic presidential election. Yeltsin's inauguration took place on 10 July.
On 12 June 1991, Yeltsin was elected as the first President of the Russian Federation, received 45,552,041 votes, representing 57.30 percent of the number who took part in the vote, and well ahead of Nikolai Ryzhkov, who, despite the support of the federal authorities, received only 16.85%.
List of Russian monarchs; Premier of the Soviet Union; See also. Chairmen of the Provisional Government (1917): Georgy Lvov (March 2 (15) — July 8 (21), 1917)
Presidential elections were held in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) on 12 June 1991. [1] This was the first ever Russian presidential election.The election was held roughly three months after Russians voted in favor of establishing a presidency and holding direct elections in a referendum held in March that year.
Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by land area, and extends across eleven time zones; sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous country in the world.
The first session ended on 11 (23) December 1882, after the number of files to the Council greatly decreased. [2] [3] The imperial Council of Ministers was re-established in late 1905, as a part of the large-scale government reform caused by the First Russian Revolution. All ministries and departments became parts of a single national ...