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Russia Assumes Soviet UN Seat

Russia · Warfare / United Nations. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1991

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin24 December 1991

United Nations · Warfare / United Nations

Russia assumes the Soviet Union's United Nations membership and Security Council seat.

Names involved

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin

Provenance

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