The Second
Inauguration of Boris Yeltsin as the
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 ...
took place on Friday, August 9, 1996. The ceremony was held at the
State Kremlin Palace
The State Kremlin Palace (russian: Государственный Кремлёвский Дворец), formerly and unofficially still better known as the Kremlin Palace of Congresses (Кремлёвский Дворец съездов), is a ...
and lasted about thirty minutes.
It was originally planned to hold a ceremony at the
Cathedral Square of the
Moscow Kremlin, but in order to save money this idea was abandoned.
Background
Boris Yeltsin won the
election in 1996 and re-entered the office of the President of Russia a month later.
Ceremony
First, in the inauguration of the Hall have been brought Standard of the President of Russia,
Flag of Russia
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,
Russian Constitution
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and Sign of the President of Russia.
Next on stage were invited the Chairman of the
Constitutional Court of Russia
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When these princi ...
Vladimir Tumanov
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* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
,
Prime Minister
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Viktor Chernomyrdin
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,
Chairman of the Federation Council
The Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (russian: Председатель Совета Федерации Федерального собрания Российской Федерации), also c ...
Yegor Stroyev
Yegor Semyonovich Stroyev (russian: Его́р Семёнович Стро́ев; born February 25, 1937) is a Russian politician and statesman who served as chairman of the Federation Council of Russia between 1996 and 2001. Previously, he wa ...
,
Chairman of the State Duma
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Gennady Seleznyov
Gennadiy Nikolayevich Seleznyov (russian: Геннадий Николаевич Селезнёв; 6 November 1947 – 19 July 2015) was a Russian politician, the Chairman of the State Duma from 1996 to 2003.
Early life and career
Born at Serov ...
, Chairman of the
Nikolay Ryabov and
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
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Alexy II
Patriarch Alexy II (or Alexius II, russian: link=no, Патриарх Алексий II; secular name Aleksei Mikhailovich Ridiger russian: link=no, Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ри́дигер; 23 February 1929 – 5 December ...
.
After the twelfth stroke
Kremlin chimes
The Kremlin Clock (russian: Кремлёвские часы; ''Kremlyovskiye chasy'') or Kremlin Chimes (russian: Кремлёвские куранты; ''Kremlyovskiye kuranty''), also known colloquially in the West as Moscow Clock Tower, is a h ...
, President Boris Yeltsin entered the hall.
The first speech was made by the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Nikolai Ryabov, in his speech he congratulated Boris Yeltsin, announced that Yeltsin was popularly re-elected President of Russia for a second term and he declared that the elections were fair and democratic. At the end of the speech Ryabov gave Yeltsin a certificate of the Russian President.
Then, a speech made by the Chairman of the Constitutional Court Vladimir Tumanov, who also congratulated Yeltsin announced electoral integrity and urged the President took the oath.
After Boris Yeltsin took the oath, he sounded
Anthem of Russia
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, and a copy of the Standard of the President of Russia was raised over the
Kremlin Senate
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.
Thereafter, Chairman of the Federation Council Yegor Stroyev, put on the symbol of Presidential power on Boris Yeltsin.
Then, with a made a congratulatory speech, Patriarch Alexy II.
At the end of the ceremony it was made of thirty artillery salute volleys.
All the inauguration of Russian presidents
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References
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