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7 May 2008 – 7 May 2012 (4 years, 0 days) 5 : First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (2005–2008) Vladimir Putin: Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин Born 1952 (age 72) 7 May 2012 – Present (12 years, 289 days) 6 : Prime Minister of Russia (2008–2012) Viktor Zubkov: Dmitry Medvedev: 7 : Mikhail Mishustin: 8
Yeltsin was the first Russian head of state in 113 years to be buried in a church ceremony, after Emperor Alexander III. [179] He was survived by his wife, Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina, whom he married in 1956, and their two daughters Yelena and Tatyana, born in 1957 and 1960, respectively. [112]
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.
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.
Boris Yeltsin resigned as President of the Russian Federation. Prime Minister Putin became acting president. 2000: 26 March: 2000 Russian presidential election: Putin was elected President of Russia with 53 percent of the vote. 12 August: Russian submarine Kursk explosion: An explosion disabled the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk.
At St. Andrew's Hall was invited to the First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin. With the first blow of the Kremlin chimes came Vladimir Putin, passing St. George and Alexander Halls, on the podium in the hall of St. Andrew. The first speech was made by Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Alexander Veshnyakov. He congratulated ...
The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) campaigned for bread, peace and a government of Soviets. [32] But the party leadership was divided on the issue of the Constituent Assembly. The moderates in the Central Committee held the opinion that the Constituent Assembly should become the supreme body to decide the future path of ...
"Short Constitution of the All-Russian Social Democratic Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies." First published in Iskra, No 58, 25 January 1904. "The Lesson of the Events in Russia." First published in Le Socialisme, December 29, 1907. "The Social Movement in Russia at the Beginning of the 20th century," 4 vols., 1909–14. ed. Julius Martov.