Constitution of Russia
Appointed Chair of the Constitutional Committee elected by the CPD
Constitution of Russia
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1990
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Chairs a committee elected by the CPD to replace the 1977 constitution
1991
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A small majority for his proposal for a federation of socialist sovereign republics
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The USSR is renamed the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics. Gorbachev announces a final agreement on a Treaty designed to preserve the Soviet federation while giving more power to the republics
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Russia stages it 1st ever general election
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The people of Leningrad vote by 55% to 43% to change their city name to Saint Petersburg
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The USSR ends after republics declare independence. The USSR ceases to exist
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Gorbachev resigns his position as President of the USSR, signifying the demise of the Soviet Union, 14 former Soviet republics (including Russia) become independent states
1999
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Yeltsin unexpectedly resigns and, according to the constitution, Putin becomes (acting) President of the Russian Federation
2000
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Putin makes his first state of the nation address and calls for increased power to the central Government to overcome a bleak diagnosis of the countrys ills
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The Duma passes legislation giving Putin the right to fire provincial governors and takes away the governors automatic immunity and membership in the Federation Council
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Putin divides Russias 89 regions into 7 federal districts headed by a Kremlin representative
2003
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A referendum is held in Chechnya adopting a new constitution which declares the Republic as a part of Russia
2004
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Creates the Public Chamber of Russia & launches an initiative to replace the direct election governors & presidents of Federal subjects of Russia proposed by the President & approved by the legslature
2008
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Due to constitutionally mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive Presidential term, his successor, Dmitry Medvedev nominates Putin to be Russian Prime Minister
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Putin was barred from a third term by the Constitution, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was elected his successor, in a power-switching operation on 8 May 2008, only a day after handing the presidency to Medvedev, Putin was appointed Prime Minister of Russia, maintaining his political dominance
2011
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At the United Russia Congress Medvedev officially proposed that Putin stand for the Presidency in 2012, an offer Putin accepted. Given United Russias near-total dominance of Russian politics, many observers believed that Putin was all but assured of a third term
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