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inauguration
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of Vladimir Putin
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as the president
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of Russia
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took place on Sunday, 7 May 2000. The ceremony was held for the first time in the Grand Kremlin Palace
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and lasted exactly one hour.
Despite the fact that Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1961 to ...
at the time of the ceremony was already a former president (having resigned 31 December 1999), he was formally invited as a guest, but took part in the ceremony as the outgoing president.
Background
Boris Yeltsin resigned as President of Russia in the end of 1999.Prime Minister
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Vladimir Putin became Acting President of Russia
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and won the 2000 Russian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 26 March 2000.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1642 Incumbent prime minister and acting president Vladimir Putin, who had succeeded Boris Yeltsin aft ...
with more than fifty percent of the votes. He took office two months after the elections.
Ceremony
Originally the ceremony was scheduled to take place at the State Kremlin Palace
The State Kremlin Palace (), previously and unofficially known as the Kremlin Palace of Congresses (Кремлёвский дворец съездов), is a large modern building inside the Moscow Kremlin.
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, but Putin requested it to be moved to the Grand Kremlin Palace
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.
At the beginning of the ceremony, after passing through St. George and Alexander Halls, the soldiers of the Kremlin Regiment
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brought in Andrew's hall flag of Russia
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, flag of the president of Russia, a special copy of the Russian Constitution
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and the sign of the president of Russia.
Then, on the podium in the St. Andrew Hall rose President of the Constitutional Court of Russia Marat Baglai, Chairman of the Federation Council Yegor Stroyev, Chairman of the State Duma
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Gennady Seleznyov and Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
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Alexander Veshnyakov.
Vladimir Putin arrived in the Kremlin and entered the Grand Kremlin Palace.
At St. Andrew's Hall was invited to the First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin.
With the first blow of the Kremlin chimes came Vladimir Putin, passing St. George and Alexander Halls, on the podium in the hall of St. Andrew.
The first speech was made by Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Alexander Veshnyakov. He congratulated Putin on his victory in the elections and said that the elections were held in accordance with the laws of Russia.
The second speech was President of the Constitutional Court Marat Baglai. He called on Vladimir Putin to take the oath of the president of Russia.
After Vladimir Putin said the text of the oath, sounded Anthem of Russia and a copy of the standard of the president of Russia was raised over the dome of the Kremlin Senate
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.
After the national anthem, Boris Yeltsin made a speech in which Putin congratulated, wished success and encouraged to continue to build a new democratic Russia.
After Yeltsin, with his first speech as President of Russia, Vladimir Putin speaks.
Vladimir Putin, left St. Andrew's Hall on the accompaniment of the song "Glory" to the music of Mikhail Glinka
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka ( rus, links=no, Михаил Иванович Глинка, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, mʲɪxɐˈil ɨˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, Ru-Mikhail-Ivanovich-Glinka.ogg; ) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognit ...
and Artillery salute.
Then, at the Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin
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, Boris Yeltsin introduced the Kremlin Regiment of Vladimir Putin, passing thus the authority of the Supreme Commander of the new President.
At the end of the ceremony, Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin accepted congratulations.
Inaugural address
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