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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