Fatherland – All Russia (russian: Отечество – Вся Россия; ОВР; ''Otečestvo – Vsä Rossija'', ''OVR'') was a
political bloc that existed in
Russia
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from 1998 to 2002.
It was formed from the movement Fatherland, chaired by the Mayor of Moscow,
Yuri Luzhkov, and the movement All Russia, chaired by regional Presidents of the Republics of
Tatarstan
The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...
,
Mintimer Shaimiev
Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev ( tt-Cyrl, Минтимер Шәрип улы Шәймиев, translit=Mintimer Şärip ulı Şäymiev; russian: Минтиме́р Шари́пович Шайми́ев; born January 20, 1937) is a Russian former p ...
, of
Bashkortostan
The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик� ...
,
Murtaza Rakhimov, of
Ingushetia,
Ruslan Aushev
Ruslan Sultanovich Aushev (russian: Русла́н Султа́нович А́ушев; inh, Руслан Султана Овшанаькъан; born 29 October 1954) is a former politician. He was the president of Ingushetia from March 1993 t ...
, and the Governor of St. Petersburg,
Vladimir Yakovlev. In his founding Congress, that took place on 28 August 1999, their first chairman elected were
Yevgeny Primakov
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov (29 October 1929 – 26 June 2015) was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. During his long career, he also served as Foreign Minister, Speaker of the Supreme ...
and Yury Luzhkov.
The party took part in the 1999
State Duma election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
, being led by Yevgeny Primakov, Yury Luzhkov and Vladimir Yakovlev. During the pre-election debates, the block suffered from 'black
public relations
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' campaign in
Boris Berezovsky-controlled media and competition with the rival conservative
Unity Party of Russia
Unity ( rus, Еди́нство, Yedinstvo) was a Russian political party that was created in September 1999 and registered on 15 October 1999, supported by Russia’s President Boris Yeltsin, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and dozens of Russian g ...
. 'Fatherland' supported the election of
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
as
President of Russia
The president of the Russian Federation ( rus, Президент Российской Федерации, Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the head of state of the Russian Federation. The president leads the executive branch of the federal ...
in 2000.
On 1 December 2001, a joint congress of Fatherland-All Russia and its rival party Unity decided to merge the two parties into a single new political party,
United Russia
United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Russian conservative political party. As the largest party in Russia, it holds 325 (or 72.22%) of the 450 seats in the State Duma , havin ...
. In its IV Congress, on 9 April 2002, Fatherland – All Russia was disbanded.
The Union of Unity and Fatherland
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Electoral results
Presidential
State Duma
References
External links
Fatherland-All Russia Official Website (Archived)
1998 establishments in Russia
2002 disestablishments in Russia
Centrist parties in Russia
Defunct political parties in Russia
History of Russia (1991–present)
Political parties disestablished in 2002
Political parties established in 1998
United Russia
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