BORIS YELTSIN’S PRESIDENCY Sabrina Porcelli
1992 Yeltsin fought the Supreme Soviet & the Congress of People’s Deputies for control over government and policy
1993 March 20th- Yeltsin announces he will assume “special powers” so he can implement reforms March 26th- CPD tries to impeach Yeltsin; gets 600/672 votes needed Summer- Yeltsin’s team realizes they need to change the political system in order for their reforms to be effective; propose new constitution which is resisted by parliamentary and regional leaders
1993 September 21st- Yeltsin announces Decree 1400 which dissolves the SS and the CPD and announces new legislative elections for December 12th (Constitution up for ratification that day) September 22nd- Supreme Soviet says Yeltsin is removed from presidency and Alexander Rutskoy is now President September 21st-24th- protests begin in the streets; result of corruption, increase in violent crime, scarce food and fuel, etc.
1993 September 21st-October 5th- 100s of people including parliamentary leaders occupy White House in protest of Yeltsin’s announcements; Yeltsin cuts off water, heat, and electricity and sends troops to surround building; on October 3rd he orders them to attack; 100+ are killed before the people surrender and there is severe damage to the White House; leaders of the protest are arrested December 12th- Election results: new constitution approved; Conservatives win most of the State Duma seats
1994 December 11th- Yeltsin sends troops into Chechnya to end a separatist rebellion; one factor in his unpopularity (many Russians killed)
1996 June- Yeltsin suffers a heart attack July 3rd- Yeltsin wins reelection November 5th- Yeltsin undergoes quintuple bypass surgery
1997 January- Yeltsin contracts pneumonia; Communists try to impeach him; his health improves and he stays in power May 12th- Peace agreement signed by Yeltsin and Pres. of Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov; official ends First Chechen War
1998 March 23rd- Yeltsin fires his entire cabinet and replaces PM Viktor Chernomyrdin with Energy Minister Sergei Kiriyenko August 13th- Russian stock, bond, and currency markets collapse August 17th- Russian economy collapses as the government devalues ruble and defaults on its debts August 23rd- Yeltsin fires cabinet and Kiriyenko; tries to renominate Chernomyrdin but Duma rejects him twice September- Yeltsin nominates former KGB official Yevgeny Primakov and he is approved by Duma
1999 May 12th- Yeltsin fires cabinet and Primakov and hires Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin May 15th- Yeltsin survives another impeachment attempt August 9th- Yeltsin fires cabinet and Stepashin and names Putin the new PM and the successor to his presidency December 31st- Yeltsin announces his resignation and asks the Russian people for forgiveness
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