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  2. Boris Yeltsin - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. List of heads of state of Russia - Wikipedia

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    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 December, Russia ratified the Belovezh Accords, thus dissolving the Soviet Union.

  4. List of presidents of Russia - Wikipedia

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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

  5. 1991 Russian presidential election - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. List of political parties in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Liberal Democratic Party LDPR ЛДПР: Monarchism Economic interventionism Social conservatism Right-wing populism Russian ultranationalism: Right-wing to far-right: Vladimir Zhirinovsky: 1992 2002 5.65% (Vladimir Zhirinovsky) 7.55% (Party list) 5.89% (SMC) (21 seats) MJ profile Website: 4 Political party "Russian United Democratic Party ...

  7. Vladimir Zhirinovsky - Wikipedia

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    The Liberal Democratic Party was a significant force in Russian politics, particularly in the early 1990s. At the height of its success, the LDPR gathered 23% of the vote in the 1993 Duma elections [1] and achieved a broad representation throughout Russia – it gained the most votes in 64 out of 87 regions.

  8. Liberal Democratic Party of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Zhirinovsky gained 5.7% of the votes in the first round. In 1999, the party participated in the elections as a "Bloc of Zhirinovsky" since the Central Election Commission initially refused to register in the election lists of LDPR, which received 6.0% of the votes. [52]

  9. Democratic Party of Russia - Wikipedia

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    (1992–2006) An ID card of a party member (2006–08) The Democratic Party of Russia (DPR) [a] is a conservative Russian political party that was founded in 1990. Under the leadership of Andrey Bogdanov, the party advocated the entry of Russia into the European Union. [1] In 2008, the party merged with several others to form the Right Cause ...