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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]
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.
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
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.
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 ...
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.
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]
(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 ...