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Dissolution of the Soviet Union - Russia's President Boris Yeltsin

Time: Wednesday Jun 12, 1991

Place: Russia

Details: On June 12, 1991, Boris Yeltsin won 57 percent of the popular vote in the democratic elections, defeating Gorbachev's preferred candidate, Nikolai Ryzhkov, who won 16 percent of the vote. Following Yeltsin's election as president, Russia declared itself independent.

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